Boaty McBoatface.
That’s the name that’s currently sitting top of a poll asking members of the public to name the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) new vessel.
Because if you ask the internet a question, you’re going to get a few joke answers.
Our current top 4 #NameOurShip suggestions. Have you voted yet? https://t.co/Vv5Or05r9l pic.twitter.com/Uf4u1XyHYf
— Natural Environment Research Council (@NERCscience) March 18, 2016
The poll to name the £200m Antarctic research vessel is the current internet champion thanks to a number of hilarious suggestions.
But will the NERC vessel, which is planned to set sail around Antarctica and the Arctic in 2019, actually be named RRS Boaty McBoatface?
#BoatyMcBoatface update: No one at the National Environment Research Council is free to speak to me bcos they're all in a "crisis meeting"
— Alexander Smith (@AlexanderSmith) March 21, 2016
Unfortunately, the answer could be no. Deep in the poll’s terms and conditions, the website states “the final name will be selected by NERC.”
Terms and conditions. Forever ruining the internet’s fun. Nevertheless, you can make your voice heard, by entering the poll here. Submissions end April 16.
Here’s our pick of the rest names in contention so far:
