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UK Royals Give 'Boaty McBoatface' Polar Ship its Official Name

Reuters

   BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND - Prince William and his wife Kate formally named a
   new British polar research ship Sir David Attenborough on Thursday, a
   more dignified title than the public's choice of Boaty McBoatface.

   The humorous moniker was the most popular suggestion in an
   online poll that went viral in 2016, but the government opted to
   honor the naturalist and broadcaster Attenborough, who has
   become a campaigner on climate issues in his 10th decade.
   As a consolation prize, the name Boaty McBoatface was
   instead given to a small, yellow autonomous underwater vehicle,
   capable of traveling long distances under the sea ice to
   collect data, which forms part of the ship's research equipment.

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