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1928 and 1931 of 4.8 and 4.5 million cubic meters per second agree 



well. 



A comparison of corresponding velocity profiles for the summers 

 available also reveals that the Labrador Current was probably deeper 



Figure 73. — Velocity profiles of the Labrador Current expressed in centimeters per sec- 

 ond. The solid lines represent southerly current and the broken lines northerly cur- 

 , rent. Section O2, June 30-July 2, 1933 ; section P2, July 28-29, 1983, and section Q2, 

 July 26-28, 1933. 



on the mid-Labrador slope than it was either north or south of this 

 zone. This appears consistent, moreover, when it is recalled that 

 it is the deepest section of the West Greenland Current in the offing 

 of Ivigtut and Fiskernaessett which contributed water to the slope 



