The vessel, which the public once voted to name Boaty McBoatface, sails back from Antarctica.
The RRS Sir David Attenborough is due to sail to Antarctica for a third season again in OctoberThe RRS Sir David Attenborough has returned home to the UK after a second season docked at AntarcticaThe vessel, which theThe 129m ship is due to leave again on 8 June for refitting work in Rosyth, Scotland, before being used for further trials on the Scottish coast.
A team of 37 scientists were left at Bird Island, King Edward Point and Rothera to carry out further research. A spokesperson at the British Antarctic Survey , based in Cambridge, said the crew got the "first clean seawater chemistry samples using the trace metal CTD". Marine biologists also used a high-resolution camera to "reveal how life is colonising new fjords that are appearing because of retreating glaciers".
The team at Bird Island carried out annual surveys of seabirds and seals, while scientists at Edward Point conducted similar surveys on whales, krill and penguins.BASMarine biologists took high-resolution images, such as this one, to see how underwater life changing as a result of "retreating glaciers"
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