24 



DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Figs. 24-26 show the vertical sections of salinity, temperature and density (a t ) for 

 the section between Brabant Island and Smith Island. The surface temperature and 

 salinity of the stations in this section at the south-west end of the Bransfield Strait show 

 that the surface layer is composed of warmer and considerably less saline water than in 



STATION 



SMITH 



W5398 



33-80 & 



33 70Xo 



W5397 W539G W5395 



33'B0lo 33-50& 



BRABANT I. 



250m- 



500» 



STATION 

 SMITH 



Fig. 24. Vertical section of salinity: Brabant Island to Smith Island, February 1929 

 WS398 W5397 WS39G WS335 



1-5' 



BRABANT 



500 



STATION 

 SMITH 



Fig. 25. Vertical section of temperature: Brabant Island to Smith Island, February 1929 



W539B W5397 W5396 WS395 



2690 2680 



2700 



BRABANT I. 



500m 



Fig. 26. Vertical section of density (ct ( ): Brabant Island to Smith Island, February 1929. 

 other parts of the strait. It has originated in the west and consists of part of the 

 Antarctic surface water which flows out of the Bellingshausen Sea. The greater part of 

 this stream passes north of the South Shetland Islands and flows north-east through 

 the Drake Passage. Some, however, enters the Bransfield Strait between Low and 



