22 FRIDTJOF NANSEN. M.-N. Kl. 
Bottom-Observations in Barents Sea. 
1 
Depth 
Station ! Date N. Lat. |E. Long. Å nn 0, 
Metres og 
Southern N 5 |July 27, 1893 | 69° 43" | 54° 23 50 I'55| 34°55 | 2783 
Coast Bank N= 6 eo te 69 25 || 57 13! 20 —1'67 22 55 
W I | May 25, 1900| 69° o | 41° of GS || 7s 10 46 
A 6| » 9 ıgor| 69° 32! | 45° 377 | 60 | —1'88 39 71 
Aga 12 m 1.69 40146" go") 80 | 144 77 99 
Novaya N aal| July 25, 1893 | 71° 22° | 50° 6! 127 —1'63 | 34°88 | 28'09 
Zemlya N Hag 5a . qi 23° | 52° 36° 70 HN ‘09 17 
Coastal Shelf} W II | May 31, 1900 | 71° 48‘ | 49° 38° 120 — 2:80) 35000 33 
M 57 | Aug. 5, 1901 | 75° 1° | 54° 55'| 150 |—r8 04 23 
RR 17 Aug., 1902 m 2 = 36, 150 —1'64 | 34°87 09 
R 18 n »” 74 200054 28012590 | Ssg Bo 25 
R 19 5 nm 195 7 |54 52 | 175 1 —r165| 02208 19 
R 20 å » | 75 35 | 56° 16° | 150 | —xr70| 3505 23 
R 22 = GER EGGE er ers oe) 03 20 
R 2 6° I Qu mel 4 ur 
R 8 Rues 6 1903 170 = | VEG u = me 34 83 ee 
R 8 | Aug. 5 7904, gjen ek pet (or nag | 760 Es ‘20 
Central N x |July 22, 1893 | 70° 43° | 39° 20'| 200 | —r'14| 35'01 | 28°19 
Hollow of Ind io) Aug., 1902 72° 42" | 47° 52° | 270 —ı'27 | 34'92 12 
Eastern Ba-| R 13 2 + 13° 14° | 50° 18'| 260 =i AG) 35108 21 
rents Sea R 29 på å Tee ae 300 4 34°99 18 
R 30 n » | 75° 34"| 45° 28°| 300 | —r4 ‘96 15 
| ” ” ” ” | o” 5 310 — 1:25 39107 23 
R 31 » u) D ETS 300 _ | — 237 | 34:9 IT 
pe DE NE „ 75 27'| 43" 45| 310 | —138| 3505 22 
RI AM its; 1903 | 71° 30" | 38° of 260 | —1'85| 34°94 15 
R 26 | Aug. 28, 1903 | 71° 38‘ | 38° o' 330 —1'84 94 15 
= Ir] » D » . | 73° 29'| 43, D, 350 —1'8 97 18 
Io ” 7; ” 72 42 | i 45 205 — 10718) 92 13 
R 9 May 15, 1904 | 71° 30° | 37° 52'| 320 —ı'8 90 12 
Red Noten ein 71° 30! | 37 Bod 285 — II 96 14 
R 22 |, 19 » 173 8 | 41 40 | 300 |-=r75| 794 15 
Channel com- | | | 
municating | A 11 | May 31, 1901 | 73° 7° | 36° 43° | 300 | —r1'40| 34'94 | 28'14 
with Central | | 
Hollow | | | | | 
cooled during the winter. The observations of later expeditions, however, 
enforce a modification of this view. It is now seen that the bottom-water 
of the Barents Sea has only a very local character, its salinity and tempe- 
ratures often varying much from one locality to another (cf. the above 
Table and Amundsen’s observations at Stats. 1—12); consequently, it 
cannot be carried, to any great extent?, into this sea by currents. Its 
chief source is obviously the latter of those mentioned above, viz. the 
surface of the Barents Sea itself, which is much cooled by radiation of 
I N = Norwegian North Porlar Expedition 1893—1806; W == Wollebek on board 
the Heimdal, 1900; Å = Amundsens Stations in 1901; À = Russian Stations. 
? That such regular extensive bottom currents should be able to traverse the many uneven- 
nesses and ridges on the bottom in such a shallow sea seems also a priori extremely 
improbable. 
