Abstract 



Oceanographic surveys off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland during 

 April to June 1969 in support of the International Ice Patrol are discussed. 

 In addition, two occupations of a section across the Labrador Sea from 

 South Wolf Island, Labrador, to Cape Farewell, Greenland, are described. 

 The circulation of the Grand Banks region based on dynamic topography 

 charts and variations in the density and volume transport of the Labrador 

 Current is discussed. Volume transports, mean temperatures, and heat 

 transports of the Labrador and West Greenland Currents from 1948 

 through 1969 are presented. 



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