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Alec Luhn joins the UK’s new state-of-the-art polar research ship for trials in the North Sea ahead of its first scientific expedition to Antarctica
By Alec Luhn
On the Antarctic research ship Sir David Attenboroughengineers are gathered around a 4-metre square opening in the hull, known as the moon pool. A white robot floats in the water, its headlights illuminating the sides of the pool.
“Now push it forward and drop it to the bottom,” says Jamie Neilson, an engineering supervisor at Seatronics, the maker of this remotely operated vehicle (ROV).
With a press of a joystick, the thrusters whirr into …
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