ABSTRACT 



Oceanographic observations from the CGC WESTWIND in the Nares 

 Strait rejifion during AiiKUst and September 1970 are presented. Ob- 

 served temperature-salinity characteristics are discussed in relation to the 

 interchange of water between the Arctic Ocean and Baffin Bay and the 

 formation of Baffin Bay Deep Water. An average northward transport of 

 0.48 X 10"m.' sec. from Smith Sound into Kane Basin was computed and 

 is compared with previous transport calculations. The relationship of tidal 

 and wind conditions to the volume transport is also discussed. 



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