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them to be in July, when there was no ice in the fjord, and had not been 

 for a long time. This was clearly proved by the vertical series of obser- 

 vations taken at the mouth of the fjord between August 24th and 29th, 

 very nearly at the same places as the vertical series taken in July (see 

 Figs. 21 — 25). The intermediate layer had obviously been heated during 



Fig. 30. The Stations 13 and 14 in Cross Bay and Stat. 15 on the shelf outside. Bathy- 

 metrical curves are drawn for 100, 200, and 300 metres, based on Capt. G. Isachsen's chart. 



Scale I : 400,000. 



the month which had passed, and the melting of the ice on the surface 

 during the week previous to August 24th, had evidently had no effect 

 upon the temperature of the cold intermediate strata, and of course still 

 less on the deeper strata. 



At Station 13 at the inner end of Cross Ba}^ we took a vertical 

 series of observations (Fig. 12), which is very interesting in this connection, 



