The most famous robot submarine in the world is being sent to the Antarctic to study water flow and turbulence in the 3.5 km deep waters of the Orkney Passage , a region of the Southern Ocean . Boaty McBoatface got its name when a PR campaign to name a new British Antarctic Survey research ship backfired . Boaty will travel with the DynOPO (Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow) expedition on the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research ship James Clark Ross, departing from Punta Arenas in Chile on 17 March. Boaty will travel with the Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow ( DynOPO ) expedition on the research ship James Clark Ross , which departs from Cape Ross , Chile on 17 March .
The most famous robot submarine in the world is being sent to the Antarctic to study water flow and turbulence in the 3.5 km deep waters of the Orkney Passage , a region of the Southern Ocean . Boaty McBoatface got its name when a PR campaign to name a new British Antarctic Survey research ship backfired . Boaty will travel with the Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow ( DynOPO ) expedition on the research ship James Clark Ross , which departs from Cape Ross , Chile on 17 March .