Geir Klover, director of the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway, where the original polar ship is on display, hopes the trip will draw more attention to climate change and the melting polar caps.

Director of British Antarctic Survey Professor Jane Francis said, “This new research ship will be a tremendous asset to the U.K. polar science community. ”Cammell Laird’s success in this ...

UK's new £200m polar research ship has officially been named the “Sir David Attenborough” after the famous BBC broadcaster and naturalist. A bottle of champagne was smashed against the hull ...