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Mr. Lennon. If you would do that for us I think it might be help- 

 ful, because somewhere in the news media this has been referred to. 

 Sometimes we get questions about it. 



Dr. Jones. I should be glad to, and if I could add also the new re- 

 search trawler, the Hero. 



(The information follows :) 



Foreign scientists and technicians on U8N8 Eltarvn, cruises SSI, 1962-67 



Antarctic treaty countries : 



Argentina . 10 



Australia 4 



Belgium 1 



Chile 27 



France 2 



New Zealand 10 



U.S.S.R. 1 



United Kingdom 3 



Total 58 



Other countries : 



Brazil 2 



Canada 2 



Republic of China 1 



Federal Republic of 



Germany 2 



Iran 1 



Israel , 2 



Spain 1 



Total 11 



t Mr. Lennon. What ? 



Dr. Jones. The new wooden research vessel, the Hero, will probably 

 be the last of its type built. It is 125 feet long, with the hull 22 inches 

 thick, solid oak. It is being named the Hero after Nathaniel Palmer's 

 ship, the man who discovered the Antarctic. The Hero was the ship in 

 which he went down there. 



It will be doing very valuable work in an almost untouched area, 

 one of the richest in biological material. 



Mr, Lennon. Dr. Robertson, you list the status of NSF support of 

 the major research vessels, and the state in which it makes the pre- 

 dominant contribution to the operational support, as I understood your 

 testimony. 



Dr. Robertson. We share the support in most cases. 



Mr. Lennon. I understand it is substantial. 



Dr. Robertson. NSF provides substantial support, with ONR put- 

 ting in more in some cases than we do. 



Mr. Lennon. Attachment 3 is what has taken place in the past. 

 There is nothing in your budget for fiscal 1968, is there, for new con- 

 struction, or conversion of major oceanographic research vessels ? 



Dr. Robertson. We have nothing in this year's budget for ship 

 construction. 



Mr. Lennon. When you say "this year," you mean what? 



Dr. Robertson. The year in which we are currently working, fiscal 

 1968. 



