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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



intermediate maxima are present at the following stations, Sts. WS 476, WS 477, 



WS 478, WS 479 and WS 480, covering a distance of approximately 42 miles from 



King George Island. At the next station, St. WS 481, the whole water column has been 



STATION WS476 WS477 WS4-7B WS473 WS4Q0 WS4BI WS4B2 



KING GEORGE I. 3400& 3400& 34I0Z 3420& 3430% 3440%, 3 4 47& TRINITY PENIN* 



500m- 



I000r< 



I500v 



2000n 



Fig. 30. Vertical section of salinity: King George Island to Trinity Peninsula, November 1929. 



STATION WS476 W5477 WS478 W5479 WS480 W548I WS482 



KING GEORGE 



-10° -1 16° TRINITY PENIN4 



500 



1000, 



1500m 



2000m 



Fig. 31. Vertical section of temperature: King George Island to Trinity Peninsula, November 1929. 



subjected to vertical mixing and from the surface to a depth of 400 m. the total variation 

 in temperature and salinity amounts to only o-io° C. and 0-06 / oo respectively. Thus 

 in November the warm deep water was present almost as far as St. WS 481, where 



