DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning, I'm David Greene. British researchers are building a nearly $300 million ship to study the Arctic. The boat needs a name, and so they asked the public for suggestions in an online poll. Brits came up with names like the R.R.S. David Attenborough, the R.R.S. It's Bloody Cold Here, the R.R.S. Ice Ice Baby, R.R.S. Not The Titanic. But with a 23,000-vote lead, looks like the British royal research ship could be named Boaty McBoatface. It'll set sail in 2019. It's MORNING EDITION.
British researchers are building a new ship to study the Arctic and asked the public for name suggestions in an online poll. RRS Boaty McBoatFace is winning with a 23,000 vote lead.