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SCOTT-HANSKN 



TAKING WATER TEMTERATURES 



Another task to which I attached great importance, 

 and to which I have frequently alluded, was the observa- 

 tion of the temperature of the sea at different depths, 

 from the surface down to the bottom. These observa- 

 tions we took as often as time permitted, and, as already 

 mentioned, they gave some surprising results, showing 

 the existence of warmer water below the cold surface 

 stratum. This is not the place to give the results of the 

 different measurements, but as they are all very similar I 

 will instance one of them in order that an idea may be 

 formed how the temperature is distributed. 



