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possible to work stations by going slow astern into the wind the whole time. For 

 obvious reasons this method was only resorted to as a last expedient. It was un- 

 fortunately impossible to work more than one station per week, and occasionally this 

 interval was exceeded owing to stress of weather. 



Through the courtesy of the meteorologist in charge of the Argentine Government 

 Station on King Edward Point, records of the sunshine, precipitation, wind force, etc., 

 for the period in question were obtained. The station is badly placed, being closely shut 



36°30'W 



Nnmnaver 



iyell Y Geilite 



Gl/sidsr Glacier ^ 



Nordenskpidl Giadigr 



36 30 W 



Fig. 80. Chart of East Cumberland Bay showing the positions of the routine station and the stations worked 



in Moranen Fjord. 



in to the north and west by high mountains, but in general the records have shown a 

 very fair degree of correlation with the hydrological and plankton conditions in the bay. 

 As will be seen from the chart, East Cumberland Bay is a deep inlet surrounded for 

 the most part by very high, steep hills. Its main axis lies roughly north-north-west to 

 south-south-east. The main southern extremity terminates in the very large Norden- 

 skjold glacier, and the lesser branch, Moranen Fjord, is also fed by three considerable 

 glaciers. The conditions in Moranen Fjord are interesting, as it is a typical "threshold" 

 fjord, a very deep basin with a shallow reef extending right across its mouth. A few 

 observations were made there in addition to the routine stations. 



