ABSTRACT 



In July and August 1968, the Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit 

 conducted a cruise aboard the USCGC EVERGREEN to monitor 

 the movements and deterioration of an iceberg and associated 

 meteorological and oceanographic conditions. Only the results 

 of the oceanographic observations are presented. Four oceano- 

 graphic sections were occupied across the Labrador Current be- 

 tween Hamilton Inlet and the Strait of Belle Isle. Analysis of the 

 surface dynamic topography and selected isopycnal surfaces in- 

 dicates strong topographic control of the currents in this area. 

 The temperature distribution along the southernmost section 

 suggests that the coldest component of the shelf band of the 

 Labrador Current passed landward of the area under study, rein- 

 forcing previously published information that the shelf band of 

 the Labrador Current bifurcates east of Hamilton Inlet. 



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