Boaty McBoatface Makes Its Triumphant Return, Hauling 'Unprecedented Data'
The curiously named submersible wrapped up its inaugural voyage last week. And, as the British Antarctic Survey noted Wednesday, Boaty acquitted itself well on the seven-week expedition.
by Colin Dwyer
Jun 28, 2017
2 minutes
Boaty McBoatface is back.
And according to the British Antarctic Survey, the world's most famous unmanned submersible returned from its inaugural voyage last week with a trove of "unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth."
Boaty's seven-week expedition with the ship RRS James Clark Ross took
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