Zemlya at diminished speeds of about O.5 knot or less. At about 45°E. 

 it meets with the Kanin Current, a northeast-setting extension of the 

 Murman Coastal Current. 



During years of maximum intrusion of Atlantic water, the axis of 

 the Murman Current may move northward from l/2° to 1° of latitutde. 



Table 1 shows the seasonal distribution of surface drift 

 observations by directions and mean speed for the area through which 

 most of the Murman Coastal Current and a great part of the Murman 

 Current flow. The constancy of flow is indicated by the percent 

 frequency showing a prevailing east-southeast set of over 55 percent 

 during winter and over 75 percent during suirrmer. It is quite probable 

 that these percentages are higher, since the observations are compiled 

 by 1° quadrangles and the area within which they are located overlaps 

 the boundaries in Figure 1 to include a few observations not considered 

 representative of the currents . 



Table 1 Seasonal distribution of surface drift observations, 

 69°-T2°N., 30°-39°E. 



Oct. - Mar. 



AiDr. - Sept. 



Knots 



t 



Mean 



RTid 



Knots 

 0»l-0.8 



io 



Mean 

 St)d. 



Dir. 



0.1-0.8 



0.9-1.0 



m 



1 



12 



1 



9 



0.14- 



8 



6 



Oc3 



E 

 2 



k2 



5 



32 



0.5 



66 



k6 



0.3 



SE 

 3 



37 



- 



25 



O.k 



45 



31 



0.3 



s 

 k 



18 



- 



12 



O.k 



10 



7 



0.3 



S¥ 



5 



8 



- 



6 



O.k 



3 



2 



0.2 



6 



9 



- 



6 



O.k 



5 



3 



O.k 



m 

 7 



k 



- 



3 



0.3 



2 



1 



0.2 



8 



10 



- 



7 



O.k 



6 



k 



O.k 



