TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Title Page i 



Abstract iii 



Table of Contents v 



List of Illustrations v 



Preface ix 



Oceanographic Conditions at a Fixed Location in Western Kane Basin, May 



1969 "_ 1 



References 2 



Illustrations 3 



Oceanographic Conditions in Northeastern Baffin Bay during August 1969 6 



Introduction 6 



Discussion 6 



References 7 



Illustrations 8 



Oceanographic Conditions in the Melville-Carey Islands Region, Northern Baffin 



Bay, 17 September-2 October 1969 22 



Introduction 22 



Sampling Program 22 



Data Analysis 22 



Oceanographic Results 23 



References 24 



Illustrations 25 



Appendix A — Oceanographic Data 49 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Oceanographic Conditions at a Fixed Location in Western Kane Basin, 



May 1969 



Figure 



1. Geographical position of the ice camp from which oceanographic stations were 



occupied and current measurements made in May 1969. The dotted line 

 indicates the 100 fm isobath (from Canada Hydrographic Office Chart 

 No. 7000) 3 



2. Envelopes of the vertical distributions of temperature and salinity observed in 



western Kane Basin during May 1969 4 



3. Histograms of current speed and direction at 50 m depth in western Kane 



Basin during May 1969 5 



Oceanographic Conditions in Northeastern Baffin Bay During 



August 1969 



1. Positions of CGC SOUTHWIND stations 1-36, 14-28 August 1969 and lo- 



cations of tidewater glaciers in Northeastern Baffin Bay 8 



2. Dynamic topography (dynamic meters) of the sea surface with reference to 



the 1000 decibar surface, CGC SOUTHWIND survey 14-28 August 1969_ _ 9 



