CONTENTS 



Page 



1. INTRODUCTION 



A. General 1 



B. Summary of Operations 1 



C. General Observational Techniques 1 



1 . Temperatures 5 



2. Salinities 5 



3. Dissolved Oxygen 5 



4. Dissolved Inorganic Phosphate 5 



5. Magnetic Total Intensity 6 



D . Methods of Data Presentation 6 



1. Profiles, Cross Sections, and Contour Charts 6 



E. Participating Personnel 6 



F. Other DEEP FREEZE Publications 7 



II. OCEANOGRAPHY 



A. Water Types of the Ross Sea 8 



B. Descriptive Oceanography of the Ross Sea 12 



C. Summary and Conclusions 32 



III. GEOMAGNETISM 



A. Summary of Operations 39 



B. Observational Technique 39 



C. Compilation of Data 39 



D. Survey Results 44 



1 . Enroute Data 44 



2. Commonwealth Bay Survey 79 



FIGURES 



1 . Tracks of Icebreakers Conducting Oceanographic Work on DEEP FREEZE 



62 2 



2. Oceanographic Stations -DEEP FREEZE 62 4 



