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which the walfishery is pursued. Scoresby did not reach the 
northern rim, but Parry did and passed over it. The inward 
current, the gulf stream, has a breadth from the southwest coast 
of Greenland to the northwest coast of Norway. Both polar 
streams dip under,—the eastern on the southeast coast of Green- 
land, the western on the east side Newfoundland, sinking be- 
neath the gulf stream as a counter olar current where the tem- 
peratures are related as 0° to 7° and to 12° Reaum. The coun- 
places, on the west side of Nova Zembla, Spitzbergen, ae 
rm 
of small coral islands, (lat. 4° 15’ S., ; 
U. States had previously claimed, and which was subsequently 
Known as the “ American Polynesia.” 
