90 



aiARIOX AND GENERAL GREENE EXPEDITIONS 



50 40 30 



70 70 60 



ii 1 1 n 1] 



60 50 



FiGUKE .IS. — Salinity at surface July in-Spptpiiibir 11, J928. 



HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY 



The distribution of temperature and salinity in the upper 600 

 meters of the American sector is best shown on the maps for Davis 

 Strait and the Labrador Sea (fifrs. 52 to 61). 



The coldest area on the sea surface lay over the Baffin Land shelf 

 and slope, where temperatures as low as 0° C, were found in August. 



