64 BJØRN HELLAND-HANSEN AND FRIDTJOF NANSEN. M.-N. Kl. 



the surface-layers of the fjord then acquire temperatures of as much as 4 

 and 5 and even 60 C. by the heating from above, and certainly not from 

 below. If the Swedish authors were to state their case, they would at 

 least have to prove that the melting of this ice on the surface is due to 

 the heat of the influx of warm water by the inflowing undercurrent of 

 the fjord, which of course is impossible. 



