148 MARION EXPEDITIOX TO DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN BAY 



dead water, but eventually they are likely to be carried aaain to the 

 southward alon^!: the Labrador shelf. The inshore bergs that enter 

 the strait folloAv a lonaer and more circuitous route but a more cer- 



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The surface currents of Davis strait 



FiGUBE 96. — The arrows indicate the direction of the surface currents 

 and the numbers on the map indicate the velocity in miles per day. 



tain one. Probably the most important feature in this locality is the 

 narrow banding of the current in the offing of Hudson Strait. 



