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Royal R
esearch Ships for charter
Fo
r deta
ils c
on
tact:
Stuart Younghusband
Resea
rch
Sh
ip M
an
ag
er
Na
tion
al M
arin
e F
acilitie
s –
Sea
Sys
tem
s
Na
tion
al O
cea
no
gra
ph
y Cen
tre
email: stuart.younghusband@
noc.ac.uk
Phil H
arwood
Dep
uty R
esea
rch
Sh
ip M
an
ag
er
Na
tion
al M
arin
e F
acilitie
s –
Sea
Sys
tem
s
Na
tion
al O
cea
no
gra
ph
y Cen
tre
email: phil.harw
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The Royal R
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C on
behalf of the Natural Environm
ent Research C
ouncil
RR
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atural Environment
Research C
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e of Earth’s most challenging
environments, from
tropical oceans to the edge of the ice sheets. They are fitted w
ith some of the m
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scientific systems available and m
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