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southward (1) along the east coast of Greenland 

 (the East Greenland Current), and thus a sub- 

 sidiary " whirl " is produced in the Norwegian 

 Sea, and (2) along the coasts of Labrador and 

 Newfoundland (the Labrador Current). In the 

 South Atlantic a counterpart of the Labrador 

 Current of the North Atlantic is found in the 

 Falkland Current, a northerly-flowing branch 

 of the great easterly Antarctic Drift of the 

 Southern Ocean. 



The general surface circulation in the 

 Pacific is similar to that in the Atlantic, but 

 the numerous groups of islands introduce 

 greater complexity. The rotatory circula- 

 tion of the North Pacific round the high pres- 

 sure area is formed by the North Equatorial 

 Current, the Kuro Sivo or Japan Stream 

 (corresponding to the Atlantic Gulf Stream), 

 the North Pacific Drift, and the Californian 

 and Mexican Currents. A cold Arctic current 

 (the Kamchatka Current) flows southward 

 from Bering Strait until it meets the Japan 

 Stream. Crossing the Counter Equatorial Cur- 

 rent, we have the South Pacific circulatory 

 movement formed by the South Equatorial 

 Current flowing westward, the East Aus- 

 tralian Current (corresponding to the Brazil 

 Current of the Atlantic), and the easterly 

 Antarctic Drift, which sends a branch between 

 Tasmania and New Zealand (corresponding to 



