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ward diversion of a part of the Labrador Current in about latitude 

 45° N., and to the unusual breadth of the Labrador Current southeast- 

 ward of latitude 46° N., longitude 48° W. A review of the 15 surveys 



53° 52° 51° 50° 49° 48° 47° 46° 



Figure 46.— Dynamic current map, from data collected April 27-May 7, 1938. 



of this region which have been made over the period from 1932 to 

 1937, inclusive, reveals that one of the most constant features is that 

 the position 46° N., 47° W., lies close to the axis of dead water between 



