121 



Avnlor on the bottom at station 447 is evidence of an influence from 

 tile extreme penetration of Arctic water northwestward alon<r the 

 j-lope from the Tail. 



PROFILE NO. 7— STATIONS 448-450 



The two outstanding features shown in profile of the next section 

 to the southward were : 



(1) The patch of water colder than 1.3' wliich lay on the ])ottom 

 of the shallov; depths of the slope. It was connected to the body 

 Avith a similar temperature and position noted in profile Xo. 7. 



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(2) A body of water saltier than 34.UU *^'/oo and warmer than 6° 

 projected from the surface layers otfshore inward and downward, 

 and rested on the slope at a depth of 90 meters (49 fathoms) . 



PROFILE NO. 8— STATIONS 451-453 



This section was taken 38 miles northwest of the Tail May 7-8. 

 The body of cold water noted on the bottom of the Bank at each of 

 the inshore stations in the two previous sections is noted in profile 

 No. 8. The band at this point, about 10 miles seaward of the edge, 

 with its temperature of —0.3°, was the coldest found along the 



