444 SOME RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS, 



western coasts of the British Tsles, the stream divides, part passing 

 through the English Oliannel into the North Sea. Then flowing north, 

 it is shown filHng up Itolh th(> Tcoliuul-Faeroo and the Faeroe-Shetland 

 channels. The International researches have shown that tliis dis- 

 tril)ution is cpiite unusual ; as a very general rule the Atlantic stream 

 passes hetween the Faeroes and Scotland only, and to a very slight 



Surface chart, August -1896 



Atlantic water 



Arctic water ['i^::\^;;:v Coastal and bank water 



Fk;. 2. 



extent through the other channel. It should be noted tliat the whole 

 of the oceanic basin from surface to bottom south of the Iceland- 

 Scotland ridge is filled with Atlantic water. lUit the effect of the 

 stream washing on the ridge is such that the flow of Atlantic water 

 is interrupted, and north of the ridge this warm and dense water lies 

 only on the surface. After passing over this ridge the stream, which 

 is now the "Norwegian branch of the European stream," is deflected 

 to the east, and we see that it rounds the north of Scotland and enters 

 the North Sea. 



