DAVIS STRAIT AND LABRADOR SEA 



45 



1.5 43 4.8 52 



lO-M 



49 5.1 o-M 30 60 (MILES) 

 Q^^Z 11 100 



FiGURK 20. — Temperature profiles across the continental shelf July 30-September 3, 1928 ; 

 A, Cape Farewell ; B, Ivigtut ; C, Fiskernaessett ; D, Godthaab ; E. Holsteinsborg ; F, 

 Egedesminde ; Fi, Disko Bay ; and G, Disko Island. 



rent, that is, more concentrated and in greater volume at Cape Fare- 

 well than at Ivigtut. 



The fact that the thermal and haline gradients were less steep 

 at Cape Farewell than at Ivigtut in 1928 (figs. 20 and 21) strongly 

 suggests a more active mixing of the West Greenland Current at 

 times in the former, than in the latter, region. 



