quarters a cosy cabin for two because the crew on here can stay on board for two months at a time. there s room for 30 crew and 60 scientists on the ship. and this is the all important coffee shop where, after a hard day of polar research, the crew can come in and take a bit of a break. this big hole in the middle of the ship goes all the way from the sea up to here. it s called a moon pool, and it means that scientists can access the ocean with their instruments, whatever the weather. the moon pool is really significant because it means we can get these really valuable data points. the southern ocean is one of these places that we don t have very many observations from because it s so difficult to get there. and the southern ocean might feel really far away from us here in the uk, but it s really important for our climate as a whole. it takes up a lot of the carbon dioxide and the heat that we put into the atmosphere. it s notjust the water scientists will be studying