Figure 156. The probable drift of buoys in the Arctic Ocean. 



Thus, from examination of drifts of vessels and buoys it appears that if one goes from Franz 

 Joseph Land in a direction towards the Pole, he would first cross ice carried out of the Kara Sea 

 (up to approximately 84° north), and then he would cross ice carried out of the Laptev Sea (up to 

 approximately 86° north). 



At the same time there is no indication of to what extent such seas as the East Siberian and 

 Chuckchee are connected with the basic driftof arctic ice. From this it follows, apparently, that the 

 Kara and Laptev Seas on the one hand and the East Siberian and Chuckchee on the other are quite 

 different in respect to water exchange and ice exchange with the Arctic Basin. In the case of the 

 first two seas, although they have their own circulations, they are nevertheless very closely con- 

 nected with the circulation of the Arctic Basin. Characteristic of these seas is a great transfer of 

 ice from them into the Arctic Basin. We recall that it is in exactly these two seas that coastal 

 drainage plays the greatest role. In the East Siberian and Chuckchee Seas there is apparently no 

 significant ice-exchange with the Arctic Basin. It is possible that in the case of these seas the 

 inflow of ice even exceeds the outflows . 



3. The drift of the camp of the Andre expedition in 1897 shows that a section of ice enters the 

 northwestern part of the Barents Sea from the Arctic Basin. 



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