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	RRS Discovery Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The RRS Discovery was the last wooden three-masted ship to be built in the British Isles, and was launched on 21 March 1901, designed for Antarctic research.
		RRS Discovery II which herself was built in 1929.
		The spaceship Discovery One in Arthur C. Clarke's book 2001:A Space Odyssey was named by Clarke after the RRS Discovery; Clarke used to eat his lunch aboard her, as she was moored near the office where he worked in London.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/RRS_Discovery (1080 words)

	Discovery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown to one's culture
		Discovery (law), a process in courts of law
		Discovery One, a fictional space craft from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Discovery (116 words)

	Obituaries
		At the station they were able to break through the roof of Byrd's radio shack, which was level with the snow, and there they remained for the next month, surviving on rations and fuel that Byrd had left behind.
		He had heard the roar of a motor overhead, although our dug-out home was 15 feet beneath the snow, and had crawled up to the surface in time to see a parachute descending through the fog which had enveloped us for two weeks.
		In 1931, as Lieutenant RNR, he was appointed chief officer and navigator of Discovery II on her second two-year commission, continuing in these posts on her third commission.
	www.antarctic-circle.org /obituaries.htm (5195 words)

	Proctor in Admiralty
		Researchers aboard the RRS DISCOVERY experienced waves of up to 95 feet in height - the biggest waves ever recorded.
		The scientists believe these waves are created by resonance where a storm builds energy into waves over the hours rather than by strong winds which are traditionally thought of the source for large waves.
		From an industry perspective, design of vessels able to withstand large waves may need to be reconsidered in the future As a final note, waves of up to 95 feet give new meaning to so called heavy weather or force majure defenses.
	www.proctorinadmiralty.com (1633 words)

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