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Table 61. Vertical distribution of temperature and salinity in high 

 latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere 



t Maximum 



heat exchange at single stations. For polar stations it affords some idea not only of 

 the heat amounts involved in such a winter convection, but also of readiness for ice 

 formation at the surface of the sea which finally occurs after the temperature has been 

 reduced to the freezing point due to convection. These conditions can be illustrated 

 by an example recorded by station 888 of the "Andrey Perwoswanny" ("Murman" 

 Expedition) on 6 August 1903 at 71° 5' N. and 49° 0' E. in the south-eastern part 

 of the Barents Sea (Breitfuss, 1906). Table 62 gives the oceanographic conditions 

 down to a depth of 120 m, with mean values of the temperature and the density in 

 each layer. Layer 1 is in direct contact with the atmosphere and is exposed to all the 

 disturbances proceeding from it. 



Table 62. "Andrey Perwoswanny" St. 888; 6 Aug. 1903 (7M° N., 49-0° E.; 



126 m) 



