THE ICE MELTING AREA IN THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC 



KTri'RF loi —This flL'uro has hefii employed to express quantitativily a number of com- 

 mHsons between the ice-moltinfr effect and other related phenomena. The shaded ai-ea 

 ^hounded bvthrfulllinr is the normal pack-ice area. The dotted line boundary mai-ks 

 the mfxin/ zone Stations 1125. 1097. 1041, etc are selected points of subsm tem- 



perature observations mentioned in the text and shown graphically in figuie 1-.0 Xhe 

 Entire meltino- area with a uniform thickness of 150 meters, is divided into six Parts 

 thrsoinhernmoT in Summer being heated an average »« 5» F the northernmost^^^^^ 

 o '?" V The snot "M" off Cape Farewell represents the annual crop ot giaciai ice 

 ex'prcssed^in'the same sca'e as ?he.pack ice and as one large berg The |haded area 

 •' N " represents the total annual discharge of glacial ice into Bafhn Bay, expressed to 

 scale and in terms of pack ice 6 feet thick. 



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