Boaty McBoatface is back to study a remote glacier with apocalyptic potential.

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By Greta JochemMay 1, 2018, 3:10 pm86 pts
In the ship’s recent call to duty, the U.S. and Britain are teaming up in a massive five-year project to study the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica. A strangely named vessel, Boaty McBoatface gets its moniker from a 2016 U.K. public vote to name a $300 million dollar research ship. The original suggester of…

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