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FRIDTJOF NANSEN. 



M.-N. Kl. 



Figs. 8 & 9. Temperatures and Salinities at the Depths of 300 and 400 Metres. 



Scale I : 5,000,000. 



situated north-east and east of the Belgica Stat. 11 A (79° 52' N., 9°42'E., 

 depth 310 metres), Stat. 12 (8o°o5'N., 9° 40' E., depth about 550 metres?) 

 and Stat. 13 (80° 14' N., 7° 42' E.' depth 560 metres). The Belgica stations 

 were taken on July 7th and 8th, 1905. The temperatures of our stations 

 are on the whole similar to those of the Belgica Stations 12 and 13. Our 

 salinities are on the whole somewhat lower, except at depths of 500, 540 

 and 630 metres at the Belgica Stats. 13 and 1 1 B, where the salinities of 

 34.92 and 34.91 '^'/00 3'"^ nearly the same as the salinity found at similar 

 depths at our stations. 



On the whole, our observations seem to indicate as a general law 

 that when the temperatures of the deep layers of the sea in this region 

 west or north-west of Spitsbergen decreases towards i°C. or lower, the 

 salinity has a tendency to approach 34.92 %oi or even 34.90 %o- 



At the Belgica Stat. 11 A the temperatures and salinities are consider- 

 ably higher than at our above-mentioned stations, and the water-layers at 

 depths between 100 and 500 metres have a considerably more Atlantic 

 character, with salinities as high as 35.01 "/qq- 



