48 



MARIOX EXPEDITION TO DAVIS STRAIT AXD BAFFIN BAY 



freezin<r. niav be credited to ice that has entered the bay from more 

 remote sources duriiio; the preceding" summer to mix there with the 

 local production. Heavy masses of Baffin Bay orio;in follow, con- 



Recorded Drifts in Baffin Bay 



Figure 1.'4. — The drifts of ships l^esft In ice ami also floe parties, such as tliat of the 

 Polurin, throw considerable lisht en the general movement of the water and ice. 



, the Polaris floe part.v. xxxxxxxx. the North a^tar , 



the FoiC. , the Advance and the Rescue. , the Resolute. 



, the Enterprise and the Invest ifiat or. (See Table, p. 47.) 



stituting the bulk of the pack that characterizes at that season. Tlie 

 ice of late summer and fall comes mostly from regions quite remote, 

 Baffin Bay acting as a cachment basin with the only escape through 

 tae lower end. 



