Boaty McBoatface: MPs to quiz NERC head over ship naming competition
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#1CX26)
With the final decision on vessel's name imminent, a Commons committee will question NERC chief as part of an inquiry into science communication
MPs are to quiz the head of the Natural Environment Research Council on one the most contentious issues the organisation has ever faced: whether to call its 200m state-of-the-art research vessel RRS Boaty McBoatface.
More used to pondering the state of the polar ice caps and humanity's grave impact on the planet, Professor Duncan Wingham, a prominent climate scientist and chief executive of NERC, will spend Tuesday before the Commons science and technology committee fielding questions about NERC's unexpectedly popular Name Our Ship competition.