The National Science Foundation research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer in Hobart, Australia. The ship had sailed from Punta Arenas, Chile, to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and then on to Hobart, after which it returned to Punta Arenas. Amongst the scientific research included on this voyage was a quantitative assessment of the distribution of phytoplankton, zooplankton and Antarctic silverfish in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica, by Grace Saba of Rutgers University. Giacomo DiTullio, College of Charleston, South Carolina, also was studying phytoplankton. Robert Dunbar, Stanford University, measured the introduction of fresh water into the ocean from glacial melt to better predict future sea level rise. Dunbar's research was done in collaboration with the Italian, South Korean, Chinese and British Antarctic programs.