The state-of-the-art polar analysis ship Sir David Attenborough is being examined within the North Sea
Alec Luhn
On the Antarctic analysis ship Sir David Attenborough, engineers are gathered round a 4-metre sq. opening within the hull, generally known as the moon pool. A white robotic floats within the water, its headlights illuminating the edges of the pool.
“Now push it ahead and drop it to the underside,” says Jamie Neilson, an engineering supervisor at Seatronics, the maker of this remotely operated car (ROV).
With a press of a joystick, the thrusters whirr into …