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e. The North American Coastal Sea. 



With regard to the investigation of this part of the sea, the following resolu- 

 tions were drawn up at the Council Meeting last year: 



Resolution 8. . .' 



It is highly desirable that hydrographical observations be obtained on a section 

 extending 600 miles S 30" true E of St. Johns, Newfoundland, returning in a direct 

 line to the Flemish Cap and thence to St. Johns. Occasionally also at other positions 

 on the »Grand Bank« and on adjoining fishing grounds. 



Resolution 9. 



The hydrographical Section recommends that quarterly cruises on the lines of 

 the international cruises be carried out in the months of February, May, August 

 and November on a section from Cape Lookout to the Bermudas and thence to 

 Florida; also monthly or more frequent observations on sections between Southern 

 Florida and Nassau, and between Southern Florida and Havana. In addition, the 

 usual hydrographical sections are recommended in that part of the Atlantic Ocean 

 lying North of Cape Hatteras. 



f. The Newfoundland Bank and adjacent waters. 



Between the »Scotia's« area of investigation in the Labrador current and the 

 North American Coastal Sea, lies that part of the ocean which forms, both in sci- 

 entific and in practical respects, the most interesting area for study; i. e., the part 

 where the conflict between the Gulf Stream and the Labrador current takes place. 

 The investigations of the »Michael Sars« expedition in the year 1910 have thrown 

 new light upon the hydrographical happenings there. The famous traverse of the 

 Newfoundland Bank, of which the following diagram gives an idea, will serve to 

 give some impression of the problems which the investigator encountei'S there, and 

 also of the incomplete nature of our knowledge. 



St John 's 



