148 WILHELM LAUB. 
current running south, which runs south along the East coast of 
Greenland round Cape Farewell and northward along the West coast 
of Greenland. As mentioned before tidal observations were taken for 
С. Bremen 
7 ANS NAN 
re BD Su 
JAce=fields ci 
SEA, ERA TER 
WER 
Sn с = 
Ay) 
С. Desbrowe A 
open water 
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open water 
Fig. 68. Sketch showing the ice round Shannon, Pendulum and Sabine Islands 
on the °—"/,¢, 1910. 
a month from 1°/,,—1%/,, 1909 at Alabama Havn. These observations 
showed a difference between high and low water of about 1.60 metres. 
Along the western coast of Shannon Island, however, this difference 
is less, judging from the tidal marks on the coast, and from this I 
deduce the fact that the current flowing south must be considerably 
