RRS Sir David Attenborough arrives in Plymouth

The Devonport naval base is this week hosting the British Antarctic Survey’s research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough - before she departs to the South Atlantic, and Antarctica.

A spokesperson for the Royal Navy said: "RRS Sir David Attenborough is designed to support science in extreme environments.

"A wide range of specialist scientific facilities, instruments and laboratories enable scientists to conduct multi-disciplinary sciences to study the ocean, seafloor, ice and atmosphere.

"Marine robotics and remotely operated vehicles – includingthe famous Boaty McBoatface– capture data from the deep ocean and previously inaccessible locations under the ice."

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