DAVIS STRAIT AND LABRADOR SEA 



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Section 2 (fig. 44), based on the GodthaaVs observations, follows 

 the shoaler part of the ridge across Davis Strait. The temperature 

 profile is the more interesting as it more clearly delineates the cur- 

 rents. The water less than —1.0° C, which rested against the Baffin 

 Land slope, represents the heart of the Baffin Land Current. The 



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1.47 



2.41 



5.40 



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31.33 



3091 3055 32.18 



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riGUEB 44. — The vertical distribution of temperature and salinity across Davis Strait 

 September 17-19, 1928, as sbown by section 2, Oodthaab's stations 168-175. 



:ore of —1.0° water centered at 100 meters, station 172, however, 

 svhen compared with velocity profile 2 (fig. 40) is found to have a 

 lortherly component. This apparent inconsistency is due to the 

 presence of a cyclonic eddy previously described on page 71. The 

 •ore of water warmer than 1.0° C, which filled the eastern side 



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