1915- No. 2. 



SPITSBERGEN WATERS. 



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Figs. 67 & 68. Charts of the Sea north of Spitsbergen, giving the Mean Density of the water 



between 50 and 200 Metres, Fig. 67, and between 100 and 200 Metres, Fig. 68. 



August 1912. Scale i : 2,500,000. 



The chart for 20 metres shows less agreement with the current- 

 measurements. At Stat. 41 (12 E Long.) it indicates a current towards 

 NNE with a velocity of about n cm. per second, while according to the 

 measurements the average current should have gone towards N 6 W with 

 about 7.8 cm. per second. At Stat. 20 the current of the chart is running 

 in an easterly direction with about 12 cm. per second, while according to 



