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in a surface layer of polar origin, thereafter follow decreasing tem- 

 peratures in water of the kind characteristic for the deep Norwegian 

 Sea basin. 



The station lies in the central part of the Norwegian Sea and 

 water of similar temperature and sahnity to that found in the great 



Density Zt.oo 25 so 7б 2Soo is so 75 26oo zs so 75 Z7oo г5 so 75 28oo 



Salinity /go 2Э00 25 so 75 5000 25 50 75 3l00 2S 50 75 3ZOO 25 SO 75 55 00 25 50 75 5^*00 25 SO 7S 3S 00 



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DejLSity Zt.OO 25 50 75 25.00 25 50 75 26.00 25 50 75 27.00 25 50 75 28.00 



Salinity %o 29 oo 25 so 7s 30«o гь so 75 31oo 25 50 "75 32 00 25 50 75 33 00 25 50 75 5^-00 2s so 75 îS-oo 



Tempe xatuTu-r » t ^ z -Г i , . , n , .. , . 4.1= , .. = . 4.?' 



Station LXXIX. 



depths of the Norwegian Sea, comes up close to the surface here. The 

 salinity at a depth of 500 m. is 34.88 p. m. (0.02 p. m. lower than in 

 the corresponding depth at R. Amundsen's St. 16, the position of 

 which is almost the same as St. Ill), and the temperature is some- 

 what higher ( — 1.02 at St. Ill against — 1.21 at Amundsen's St. 16), 

 but the agreement between the hydrographical conditions at the 

 two stations mentioned, of which Amundsen's was investigated in 



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