cross sectional area of water of salinity in excess of 34.95o/oo is 

 noted as additional evidence of the almost total absence of Irminger 

 Current water at this section. 



The dynamic topography of the sea surface relative to the 1500- 

 decibar surface in the vicinity of the South Wolf Island-Cape Fare- 

 well section, found during the 1951 post-season cruise, is shown in 

 figure 21. The Labrador Current has two major bands, one in- 

 shore of the shoal off Hamilton Inlet and the other over the con- 

 tinental slope. In the central part of the section there is evidence 

 of a small amount of water from the extreme northwestern margins 



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Figure 20. — Salinity distribution off Cape Farewell, Greenland, 

 21-23 July 1951. 



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