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instance in the region between the South Shetland and South Sandwich Islands. The 

 figures, in fact, seem to suggest that if in any season exceptionally cold or mild con- 

 ditions are experienced on the east side of the Drake Passage, the same conditions do not 

 necessarily prevail on the west side. More evidence is needed, however, before the 

 point can be definitely settled. 



Table VII. Warm- and cold-water species in the Bellingshausen Sea 



THE NORTHERN ANTARCTIC REGION 



This heading refers to the belt of warmer water lying between the Antarctic 

 convergence and South Georgia and the South Shetlands. Most of the lines of stations 

 crossing this zone run between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, some cross the 

 Drake Passage, and some more stations lie roughly between the South Orkney Islands 

 and the Falkland Islands. There is sufficient material for an independent monthly com- 

 parison in two of the seasons, and the four seasons are therefore taken separately in 



