58' 



57- 



56° 



55' 



LESS THAN 0-05 KNOT 

 FROM 05 TO 0.10 KNOT 

 -- GREATER THAN 10 KNOT 



</<J - ^ \\ 



'T 



LEFT HALF ARROA 

 RIGHT HALF ARROA 



BERING SEA 



= SURFACE 

 = BOTTOM 



■Vl^Vl 





58* 



56° 





PACIFIC OCEAN 



r^^ 



55' 



164° 



182° 



I6C° 



Figure 10. — Average current vectors for surface and bottom observations. 

 The station B, calculated vector is the average current after 

 removal of the wind driven current. 



surface considered) following 224°T at 0.14 

 knots; thus the water movement at this sta- 

 tion is probably also consistent with the 

 suspected counterclockwise circulation 

 throughout southeastern Bering Sea. 



DISCUSSION OF AVERAGE CURRENTS 



Analysis of the data for the average 

 currents on the stations indicated that the 

 water movement through southeastern Bering 

 Sea during the course of these observations 

 was in a counterclockwise direction, that 

 is, toward Bristol Bay along the peninsula 

 and away from Bristol Bay in the more north- 

 ern parts of southeastern Bering Sea. 



Two investigations in the vicinity of 

 southeastern Bering Sea support the counter- 

 clockwise circulation, indicating that this 

 type of circulation may be a continual move- 

 ment throughout much of the year. Although 



Table 2. — Average current velocity and direction - 

 (station B numbers in parenthesis are calculated). 



