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FRIDTJOF NANSEN. 



M.-N. Kl. 



and at 50 metres the current moved with an average velocity of 3.6 cm. 

 per second at an angle of about 170*^ towards the right from the direc- 

 tion of the surface-drift. The decrease of the velocity is, however, not so 



6 8 10 N 



SO-nzJi^ije^ • — •--fOO-m^t^ies 



Fig. 51 & 52. Curves of Direction (magnetic) and Velocity (cm. /sec.) of the Real Movements 



at diflerent Depths, according to the measurements at Stat. 41. The Directions are those 



towards which the water moved, excepting that the curve for o metres (»' e. the drift 



of the ship) by a mistake gives the directions from which the water moved. 



great as it ought to be with the observed deviation of the direction of the 

 movement according to Professor V. WalfrId Ekman's theoretical calcula- 

 tions [1902, 1906, Nansen 1902, p. 371]. 



