48 



MARION EXPEDITION TO DAVIS STRAIT AXD BAFFIN BAY 



freezing, may be credited to ice tliat has entered the bay from more 

 remote sonrces during the })receding sunnner to mix there with the 

 local })rodnction. Heavy masses of liaffin Bay origin follow, eon- 





Recorded Drifts in Baffin Bay 



FuiUKE 24. — The drifts of ships ht^sct in ioe and also rtoe parties. sin-h as (hat of the 

 Polaris, tlirow considerable liylit en the <;eneral movement of tlie watiT and ice. 



, the Poltiiis Hot' part.v. xxxxxxxx. the North t^tar 



the Fox. , the Adroiirr and the Rescue. , tlie Rvsoliitc. 



. tlie fhitcriirixv and the Intextunittir. (See Tabh>. p. 47.) 



stituting the bulk of the pack that characterizes at that season. The 

 ice of late summer and fall comes mostly from regions quite remote. 

 Baffin l^ay acting as a cacliment l)asin Avith the only escajie through 

 file h)wer cud. 



