As the Natural Environment Research Council‘s poll to name their new $370m polar research ship closed, one entry reigned unequivocally supreme: Boaty McBoatface.



The entry – put forward by former BBC radio presenter James Hand – raked in a ridiculous 124,109 votes, four times that of second place entry RRS Poppy-Mai, named after a 16-month-old girl with incurable cancer. (Hey, ya feeling guilty yet?)



Third place went to RRS Henry Worsley, the British explorer who died earlier this year while attempting to become the first man to cross the Antarctic unaided earlier this year, fourth went to the aptly named RRS It’s bloody cold here (accurate), and

fifth to RRS David Attenborough.

Luckily / unluckily for NERC and everyone involved, they have final naming rights.

Thanks to everyone who took #BoatyMcBoatface in right spirit. Final say goes to @NERCscience, and there’s plenty of worthy winners. — James Hand (@JamesHand) April 17, 2016





“Thank you for all your overwhelming interest and support,” they said on Twitter.



“The final decision will be announced in due course.”



Thank you all for supporting our #NameOurShip campaign. The final decision will be announced in due course. pic.twitter.com/yg4VHvNrm5 — NERC (@NERCscience) April 17, 2016





Look. Even if NERC decides not to side with the people on this one, Hand’s efforts and British ingenuity will not be in vein.

Cruise giant Royal Caribbean approached him to name their newest and biggest vessel, Harmony of the Seas, and even mocked up what that could potentially look like. These are the times we live in, folks.



If the top entries show us anything, it’s that the internet and naming things do not go well for hapless corporations. (Remember when Mountain Dew was forced to pull their naming comp in 2014 after 4chan ensured the winner was ‘Hitler Did Nothing Wrong‘?)

But for what it’s worth, RRS Notthetitanic not even making the top 20 is a fucking travesty.

TOP 20 ENTRIES:

RRS Boaty McBoatface – 124,109 RRS Poppy-Mai – 34,371 RRS Henry Worsley – 15,231 RRS It’s bloody cold here – 10,679 RRS David Attenborough – 10,248 RRS Usain Boat – 8,710 RRS Boatimus Prime – 8,365 RRS Katherine Giles – 7,567 RRS Catalina de Aragon – 6,826 RRS I like big boats & I cannot lie – 6,452 RRS Pillar of Autumn – 5,823 RRS What iceberg? – 5,250 RRS Boaty McBoatface the Return – 4,730 RRS Boat – 4,507 RRS Pingu – 4,343 RRS Poppy-Mai – Warrior Princess – 4,287 RRS Thanks for all the fish – 4,236 RRS Big metal floaty thingy-thing – 3,909 RRS Ice Ice Baby – 3,673 RRS Boatasaurus Rex – 3,371

Source: NERC.

Photo: NERC.