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is nearly homothermal and homohaline. At the other stations on the line more stable 

 conditions are observed and both warm deep water and Antarctic bottom water are 



STATION 542 543 544 



C. MELVILLE. KINGGEORGE I 00° 



545 54G 



-0-5° 



547 



-10° TRINITY PENIN* 

 0E°- 



500m- 



lOOQ 



I50O 



2000m- 



Fig. 46. Vertical section of temperature: C. Melville, King George Island, to Trinity Peninsula, 



December 1930. 



STATION 542. 543 544 



C.MELVILLE, king george i. 2750 



545 546 



2760 2770 2776 



547 



2779 TRINITY PENIN* 



500i 



1000m- 



1500 



2000 



Fig. 47. Vertical section of density (ct ( ): C. Melville, King George Island, to Trinity Peninsula, 



December 1930. 



present. The warm deep water has its greatest influence at St. 542, where an inter- 

 mediate maximum temperature of o-oo° C. is found at 300 m. No thermal evidence of 



