http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Polar Research ship should be named after killed cyclist en Sun, 31 May 2026 20:58:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-219017 Fri, 06 May 2016 11:09:33 +0000 jdanielp 219017@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Boring McBoringface </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-219005 Fri, 06 May 2016 10:04:38 +0000 chdot 219005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/revealed-what-boaty-mcboatface-will-actually-be-called-a3241431.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/revealed-what-boaty-mcboatface-will-actually-be-called-a3241431.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-216392 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 20:16:05 +0000 UtrechtCyclist 216392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In case anyone else clicked on the link but couldn't work out how to vote, you have to click on the heart in order to vote for a submission! Katharine Giles seems like a good idea. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-216390 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:08:00 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 216390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Katharine Giles is now quite far up the list with 5990 votes (Attenborough 9732, Worsley 14535).</p> <p>I think this suggestion is going to win, not just on votes, but because it's most appropriate on many levels to commemorate a good scientist who worked safely in the Arctic and the Antarctic but didn't survive traffic in London. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215840 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:54:45 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 215840@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Katharine Giles' life and death are the perfect symbol for modern research.</p> <p>Going out on fieldwork to the most remote places is perfectly safe thanks to extensive health&amp;safety regulations, but you easily get killed on your way to the office as basic H&amp;S principles are totally ignored on UK roads. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215774 Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:12:54 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 215774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Katharine Giles is doing quite well, and if NERC is not just going by number of votes then this is the best suggestion so far. </p> <p>Leaving out all the joke suggestions, the contenders are Poppy-Mai (a two-year old toddler with terminal cancer, variation "Poppy-Mai Warrior Princess"), Henry Worsley (an adventurer), David Attenborough, Catalina of Aragon (wife of Henry VIII) and then Katharine Giles.</p> <p>Katharine Giles is the only who actually makes sense for a polar research ship. She was a modern polar researcher (a scientist, not an adventurer like Worsley). The story of Poppy-Mai is certainly very sad, but I can't really see why a ship should be named after her, and Attenborough has already some plants and animals named after him... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215704 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:29:29 +0000 neddie 215704@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good idea Stephan.</p> <p>Voted for Katharine. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215700 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:14:45 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 215700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I found the direct link now:</p> <p><a href="https://nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/?id=9SduprYy" rel="nofollow">https://nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/?id=9SduprYy</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215694 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:07:51 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 215694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you ignore all the joke names, Katherine Giles is on place 5 or 6 of the most popular suggestions. The other serious suggestions are mostly older male blokes with lots of decorations. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215691 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:52:28 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 215691@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You can vote for the suggestion here. Search for Katharine Giles (note: there is a second one with the name spelled wrong "Katherine") - can't work out how to get a direct link:</p> <p><a href="https://nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/entries.html" rel="nofollow">https://nameourship.nerc.ac.uk/entries.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16232#post-215690 Mon, 04 Apr 2016 11:44:13 +0000 Stephan Matthiesen 215690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The sister of a scientist killed by a lorry while cycling is campaigning to name a polar research ship in her honour — after pranksters hijacked the online poll in favour of “Boaty McBoatface”. </p> <p>Climate change expert Dr Katharine Giles, 35, was knocked off her bike by a tipper truck near Victoria in 2013. </p> <p>This year, the National Environment Research Council asked the public to suggest names for a £200 million ship, due to set sail for Antarctica in 2019.</p> <p>(...)</p> <p><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boaty-mcboatface-ship-should-be-named-after-scientist-killed-by-lorry-while-cycling-says-sister-a3217206.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boaty-mcboatface-ship-should-be-named-after-scientist-killed-by-lorry-while-cycling-says-sister-a3217206.html</a> </p>