The people have spoken and it seems they are full of Boaty McBoatface. That’s the hilarious name chosen in an Internet contest organized to name a new polar research vessel in the United Kingdon. The man in charge of the Natural Environment Research Council, which has responsibility for choosing a name, has taken it as a joke and says it is just like the British to offer a silly name. In fact, says Lord West, a former First Sea Lord, he is proud of it. But, he says, it is more likely that Boaty (as she will forever be known) will be called something dreary like Polar Explorer. In online voting, Boaty McBoatface is currently leading with more than 27,000 votes, while the second place pick trails with around 3,000. The names Pingu, Usain Boat and It’s Bloody Cold Here have also been put forward.
