RRS James Cook

RRS James Cook

The RRS "James Cook" is a British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). She was built in 2006 to replace the ageing RRS "Charles Darwin" with funds from Britain's NERC and the DTI's Large Scientific Facilities Fund. She is named after Captain James Cook, the British explorer, navigator and cartographer.

Her maiden scientific voyage, on 5th March 2007, was to study a hole in the Earth's crust revealing the mantle below. [cite web| url=http://www.noc.ac.uk/gg/classroom@sea/JC007/index.html| title=JC007: Drilling the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Website on the maiden scientific voyage| publisher= National Oceanography Centre| accessdate=2008-01-04]

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External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=5BtgtrX7OuQ Movie of the hull launch of the RRS "James Cook" in Gdansk, Poland]


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