FOREWORD 



This bulletin is No. 43 in the series of annual reports on the Inter- 

 national Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service. 



Authors of the section of this bulletin dealing with oceanography were 

 Oceanographer Floyd M. Soule and Lt. R. M. Morse. The remainder 

 was written by Lt. Comdr. R. P. Dinsmore, USCG. 



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