Miscellaneous Intelligence. 163 
IV. MIsceELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Ocean temperatures in the Arctic— Observations taken on the 
S. 8. Gulnare, by O. T. Suzrman.—The following observations 
were taken on the Arctic 8. 8. Gulnare, during the summer of 
1880. A Miller-Cassella thermometer was employed; its scale 
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steamer, at the time of making the observations, lay becalmed. 
If we refer to the older maps we see that on some the 
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branch of the Gulf Stream. On the newer German maps the 
currents are shown overlapping in about latitude 61° N. The 
following table serves to give confirmation to this latter repre- 
sentation, and also indicates the limits and depth. 
TABLE I.—Deep Sea Temperatures. 
Depth in Lat. 60° 6’ N. Lat. 57° 33’ N, 
fathoms, Long. 56° 36’ W. Long. 55° 15’ W. 
0 41°99 F 45°°0 F. 
10 41°8 Nee ee 
° 20 40°0 ere 
30 ee a 45°0 
60 39°0 40°0 
ec 39°0 
110 38°8 aps pe 
150 38°2 40°0 
270 40°8 iigute 
300 40°8 a sa 
three times. These observations may also in part explain the 
bend in the curve representing the limit of ice. 
‘enomena of some rarity in the surface temperatures and 
densities were also observed by us. When passing in front of a 
stacier outlet, or across the track of the ice pack, we suddenly 
the surface. On one oceasion we had to sink a thermometer ten 
fathoms before obtaining indications of a rise in temperature. 
_It is true that the outcropping of the Arctic current would give 
Similar phenomena, but to one on the spot the change was always 
8een to be connected with the melting of the ice. 
