Isothermernes Dybde i Favne. 
(Depth of Isotherms in Fathoms). 
0 Grad 
(0 Degree). 
Bredde. ved Banken. i Havet. 
(Latitude). (At the Bank) (Zn the Sea). 
60° 440 
61 320 310 
62 | 360 350 
63 360 350 
64 400 400 
65 360 370 
66 360 420 
67 350 430 
68 395 480 
69 470 500 
70 560 680 
71 | 490 610 
72 | 420 550 
73 379 520 
74 360 520 
75 405 560 
76 480 540 
77 460 520 
78 490 490 
79 390 410 
80 380 400 
Man ser heraf, ligesom af Tversnittene Pl. XIV og XV, 
at det varme Vand har en mindre Dybde der, hvor det 
støder til Grændseryggene mod Atlanterhavet end langs 
Norges og Spidsbergens Banker. Samtidig med at dets 
Bredde mdskrænkes, voxer dets Dybde, indtil den naar sit 
Maximum under den 70. Breddegrad. Her sænke Dybets Iso- 
thermer sig saaledes, at selve Bundtemperaturen har et 
Maximum. Fra den 70. til den 74. Breddegrad hæve Dy- 
bets Isothermer sig, men længere mod Nord gaa de tildels 
igjen dybere, medens — 19 løfter sig, og ved 80° Bredde 
nærme de sig hverandre. I denne hoje Bredde rækker 0° 
endnu ned til 400 Favnes Dyb. 
Bundtemperaturerne ved Spidsbergens Nordkyst og 
Kuldegraderne langs Vestkysten indtil Isfjorden ere aflagte 
efter Lieutenant H. Chermieside’s R. E. Iagttagelser i 1872 
med “Samson” og i 1573 med *Diana” samt efter Palan- 
ders lagttagelser fra 1873. udforte med 
Miller-Casella-Thermometre. 
Alle disse ere 
Temperaturens Fordeling paa de norske Kystbanker 
og i de norske Fjorde. 
De hydrografiske Undersøgelser, der ere udførte af 
Norges geografiske Opmaaling, have vist, at de fleste nor- 
ske Fjorde, der stikke fra Kysten ind i Landet, have sin 
største Dybde, ikke ved Mundingen, men længere inde, til- 
dels i flere Miles Afstand fra Kysten. Ogsaa de ydre 
Fjorde, der paa Ydersiden begrændses af Øer, som Folden- 
d 
—1 Grad 
(— 1 Degree) 
ved Banken. i Havet. 
(At the Bank). (In the Sea). 
580 
330 460 
420 640 
480 890 
440 1080 
380 1170 
390 1180 
400 1130 
450 1160 
610 1310 
720 1310 
660 1050 
| 570 850 
| 520 820 
| 500 820 
580 830 
580 840 
599 790 
600 680 
579 570 
450 450 
We perceive from this, as also from the sections, 
Pls. XIV and XV, that the warm water lies at a less depth 
where it comes in contact with the boundary ridges of 
the Atlantic than it does on the Norway and Spitzbergen 
banks. When diminishing in breadth, it increases in depth, 
till, at the 7Oth parallel of latitude, its maximum is attained. 
There the isotherms of the deep descend in such wise 
that even the bottom-temperature has a maximum. From 
the 70th to the 74th parallel of latitude, the isotherms of 
the deep are found to rise, but farther north they again go 
partly deeper down, whereas the isotherm for — 1° rises, 
and in lat. 80° N they approach each other. In this high 
latitude 09 still reaches down to a depth of 400 fathoms. 
The bottom-temperatures off the north coast and the 
temperatures. below 09 along the west coast of Spitz- 
bergen as far as Ice Sound have been set down from the 
observations of Lieutenant H. Chermieside, R. E, in 1872, 
with the “Samson,” and in 1873, with the “Diana”, as also 
from Palander’s observations in 1873. All of these were 
taken with the Miller-Casella thermometer. 
6. Distribution of Temperature on the Norwegian 
Coastal Banks and in the Norwegian Fjords. 
The hydrographic investigations instituted by the:Nor- 
wegian Geographical Survey, have shown that most of the 
Norwegian fjords extending inland from the coast are deep- 
est, not at their mouth but farther in, in some places many 
miles from the coast. Moreover the outerlying fjords,bounded 
seaward by islands, such as the Foldenfjord and the Vest- 
