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FRIDTJOF NANSEN. 



M.-N. Kl. 



Fig. 10. The Distribution 

 of Temperature and Sali- 

 nity at the Sea-Surface, 

 Sept. 1 5, 1912. 

 Scale i : 12,000,000. 



A comparison 

 between the observa- 

 tions at our stations 

 and the corresponding 

 stations of the Isach- 

 sen Expedition of 1910 

 {see above) shows that 

 the waters of the Spits- 

 bergen Atlantic Cur- 

 rent had a much less 

 Atlantic character (i. e. 

 much lower salinities) 



At Stat. 1 8 the depth of the sea was 247 

 metres, at Stat. 21 242 metres, while at the Bel- 

 gica Stat. n A it was 310 metres. The former 

 stations were thus in a somewhat shallower sea, 

 and may have had a little more coastal water than 

 the latter, though they were not nearer to the 

 coast. Their more north-easterly situation may 

 also tend to give them lower salinities and lower 

 temperatures; but this is hardly sufficient to ex- 

 plain the striking difference between them and 

 the Belgica station in these respects. It seems as 

 if in this region the water of the Spitsbergen At- 

 lantic Current, had a much more Atlantic character 

 in the summer of 1905, than in the summer of 1912. 



Fig. n. Section from the mouth of Horn Sound to 



Stat. 57, Sept. i, 1912 (see Fig. i). Horizontal Scale 



i : 200,000. Vertical Scale i : 10,000. 



