20 EXPLORATIONS, WESTERN ATLANTIC, STEAMER BACHE, 1914. 
station 10158); but east of station 10161 the temperature at this 
level was nowhere below 18°. Off the mouth of the Straits of Florida 
and off the northeastern slope of the Bahama Bank (station 10210) 
Stations 
Be SS So oH -=- <2 22 
- eS a i= om 
pe nN 11////; 7 i 2 San 1 Ss Rae eal Fe 
La eee 
TM ae es 
Fig. 15.—Temperature profile of the upper 1,800 meters, from Florida to a point 200 milés southwest of 
Bermuda. 
the 200-meter temperature rose to 20°, and it was even warmer (22°) 
in the northeast Providence Channel (station 10196). The course of 
the curve of 19° is worth notice, since it shows a tonguelike extension 
Stations 
o 
Lif; ea AE EIEN IS a a NRO 
Zs Ss Pa ni EET SAIS, NN ek 
te ee ee 
We Vi. aes a hg Senet oS eae 
We vee SR coe) > Ee aR es 2 ios ees 
WM Ly RENE Ea. 
WY, 
Wf Yi, 
WML Yny-y 
WMA 
MUM 
Fia. 16.—Salinity profile of the upper 1,800 meters, from Florida to a point 200 miles southwest of Bermuda. 
oo 
of warm water parallel with the coast, recalling the surface (fig. 1). 
But this phenomenon was limited to the upper 300 to 400 meters, 
for at 600 meters (fig. 18) the water was warmest (16°) west of 
