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The 'RRS ''James Cook''' is a research ship belonging to the British Natural Environment Research Council. It was built to replace the ageing RRS Charles Darwin and named after Captain James Cook, the British explorer, navigator and cartographer. It was funded by Britain's Natural Environment Research Council and the Department of Trade and Industry's Large Scientific Facilities Fund.
It was launched on its maiden scientific voyage on the 5th of March 2007, to study a hole in the Earth's crust revealing the mantle below.

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★ JC007: Drilling the Mid-Atlantic Ridge—website on the maiden scientific voyage