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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



rising to 33° or 34° at 300 fathoms. At a short distance from the pack, but when 

 surrounded by icebergs, the surface temperature was generally about 32°, but decreased 

 to 29° at a depth of 40 fathoms, and retained that temperature to nearly 300 fathoms as 

 in the pack. 



Table of Temperatures obtained in the Antarctic Regions. 



Density of the Sea Water. — The observations of the density of the water in this 

 part of the cruise are of considerable interest. They are collected in the following 

 table, which contains all the observations made on water from the bottom or intermediate 



