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The presence of fast ice is supporting evidence for the local extension 

 of the continental shelf, and also of weak inshore currents as found 



500 



X 



t 1000 



1500 



BAFFIN LAND 

 SHELF 



MILES 



20 



2000 



Figure 20.— Velocity profile section B expressed in centimeters per second. The solid lines represent 

 southerly current and the broken lines northerly current. 



between the shallow water stations of section B. Conversely the 

 presence of this and other banks along the Baffin Land coast which 

 tend to keep the strong currents well offshore favor the late seasonal 



