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some distance down the east coast and then bends eastwards out into the North Sea 

 (of. fig. 14). 



On the cruises of the "Thor" Iliave had the opportunity of observing an excellent example 

 of the importance for the transport of pelagic organisms of this Atlantic Stream .'passing 



Mg 14. The curreuts in the Norwegian Sea^aiiil North Sea (after Hellan])-Hansen and 

 Nansen). The dark arrows north of the British Isles and off the Norwegian coast indicate 



the Atlantic Stream (Gulf Stream) 



round the north of the British Isles. The organisms concerned were the distinctly At- 

 lantic Salps (especially Salpa fusiform is) , which are so characteristic and which were 

 taken often in cwts. in each haul of our pelagic apparatus in the Atlantic beyond the 

 1000-meter line. The year 1905, during which we several times crossed the North Sea, 



