OCEANOGRAPHY OF SEA OF GREENLAND—DAMAS. Bat 
To the east is found a region always free of ice. It is kept open 
by the Atlantic current. This, in flowing between the Shetland and 
Faroe islands, carries water of a salinity in the neighborhood of 35.2 
parts in 1,000 or more, and of a temperature of about 7°. At the 
latitude of Spitzbergen its temperature has fallen to 5° and even to 
2°, and its salinity is lowered as a result of its commingling with the 
continental waters. In the cut (fig. 5), which extends from the cen- 
ter of the Sea of Greenland to the south of Bear Island, we see the 
waters of a salinity upward of 35 parts in 1,000 thrown against the 
—— between Salinity above 
35 - 35,10%0 35,100 
Fic. 5.—Temperature and salinity of center of Greenland Sea and south of Bear Island. 
continental talus by the earth’s rotation. Their depth in the figure 
is about 400 meters. The Atlantic current runs along the west coast 
of Spitzbergen, and in figure 6 we see the same waters at the moment 
of losing themselves in the polar current. They have then a tempera- 
ture of about 3.5°. Opposite Spitzbergen the current divides, one 
portion going toward the west. This is shown in figure 6 under the 
form of a tongue of water of a positive temperature, which is inter- 
calated between the surface water and that of the depths, the last 
having a negative temperature. 
