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MAEIOX EXPEDITION TO DAVIS STRAIT AXD BAFFIX BAY 



The Currents in the Arctic Archipelago 



Figure 25. — The basis for the currents indicated li.v the arrows has been 

 obtained from a number of observations on the drift of tlontinK objects, 

 such as ships, wreckage, buoys, ice. etc. The arrows show quite' conclusively 

 that the seneral movement of the water and the ice Is from the northwest 

 out into i'.alliii I'.av and Davis ^^trait. (Tlie map is talu'u from Meckins:. 

 1000.) 



