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It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1963 for Louie Spence, a Falkland Islander, coxswain of the launch of RRS John Biscoe, which was used by the Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey Unit to chart this island in 1963.
On 25 March 2010 an expedition aboard the RRS James Cook set out to study the world's deepest volcanic rift.
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NOCS is the base for the purpose-built research vessels RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook (and formerly RRS Charles Darwin).
When the station first launched it was called Discovery 102, since Dundee is known as the City of Discovery after the RRS Discovery, which is docked there.