appears to be part of a pool of West Greenland 

 Current "Water over the wide shelf in northeastern 

 Baffiji Bay. It was larger than a similar core found 

 to the south at stations 18 and 19 (figs. 4 and 5). 

 The core of West Greenland Current Water also 

 was associated witli high concentrations of dis- 

 solved oxygen (5.8 to 6.5 ml/1, fig. 7) . 



Water of polar origin (>0°C, 32.0-34.0%„), 

 found in tlie upper 250 meters of sations 18 tlirough 

 26 (figs. 4, 5, 9 and 10) , made up the southeastward 

 drift detected in the dynamic topography. Bafiin 

 Bay Deep Water (<-0.o°C, 34.40-.'54.4.5%o), was 

 found below 1250 meters on these stations. Bailey 

 (1956) concluded that this water originates in the 

 Arctic Ocean at depths of about 250 meters, flows 

 into the Bffin Bay through Smith Sound and sinks 

 to depths between 1250 and 2100 meters. 



The effect of solar heating and melting of sea 

 ice was noticeable during this summer survey as 

 indicated by temperatures of >0.0°C and salinities 

 of <.32.0%o found in the near surface water (figs. 

 11 and 13) . The influence of runoff is evidenced by 

 the low salinities (<30.0%o) and high dissolved 

 oxygen (>9 ml/1, Appendix A) found at the 

 surface along the coast. 



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