The UK’s newest polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough paid Greenwich a visit as part of the three day Ice Worlds Festival – an insight into life and work in Antarctica and the Arctic.
The vessel – that was almost named Boaty McBoatface due to public demand – will shortly embark on its first journey to Antarctica. The vessel visited London in support of the vitally important UN Climate Change Conference COP26.
The exhibition showcased the wondrous possibilities that environmental science, engineering and technology could conjure, with opportunities to meet real life scientists and explorers and gain an understanding of what innovative methods are being used to uncover the oceans secrets.
Marine Society’s affiliation with the RRS Sir David Attenborough lays within its library, with the charity hosting the vessel’s paperback library – one of five paperback libraries that Marine Society is responsible for.
The charity has been dispatching physical books since carrying out their first library service for SS Aenaeas back in 1920
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The charity’s books and libraries manager, Lenka Pospisil, was in attendance for the exhibition and got a great view of the ship before it leaves London.
The vessel has been docked in Greenwich since October 27th and the vigorous process of stocking the ship with cargo for the five Antarctic research stations as well as spare parts for the vessel and consumables for the duration of the mission has begun.
The ship will set off for the southernmost continent later this month.
