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STATIONS 480-497 



These 18 stations were so located over the southern part of the 

 Grand Bank as to furnish a chart of the distribution of the water 

 with respect to salinity and temperature. 



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Bottom distribution J"' — Cold and comparatively salty water crept 

 in over the bottom of the Bank for a distance of 80 miles from its 

 edge. This water was part of the polar current which was flowing in 

 the " gulley " past Cape Race, and which encroached southeastward 

 over the bank shallows. The frequency and the location of the sta- 



" See sketches Xos. 15 and It; 

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