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fjorden og Vestfjorden, vise lignende Forhold, og til samme fjord, exhibit similar depressions, and to this class belongs 
Klasse slutter den norske Rende i Skagerak sig. Istedet- the Norwegian Channel, in the Skagerak. In place of a 
for en Kystbanke med jevn Overflade har man paa saa- coastal bank with an even surface, we have in such localities 
danne Steder Dybbassiner i Form af forholdsvis smale deep basins, taking the form of comparatively narrow chan- 
Render, der gaa i Fjordens Retning. Paa enkelte Steder nels, that follow the direction of the fjord. In some places, 
synes et saadant Dybbassins Udstrækning at være saa ringe, the extent of such a deep basin would seem to be so trifling, 
at det endog ikke har fundet Plads paa Opmaalingens that the Geographical Survey has not found room for it 
Dybdekarter. in the deep-sea charts. 
I 1871 foretoges den første nøjagtigere Temperatur- In 1871, was undertaken the first trustworthy meas- 
maaling i Dybet af en norsk Fjord, idet Professor Sexe urement of temperature in the depths of a Norwegian fjord, 
velvilligen imødekom min Anmodning derom og maalte Professor Sexe having kindly acceded to my proposal and 
Temperaturen 1 Sørfjorden i Hardanger med et Miller-Ca- registered the temperature in the Sørfjord, Hardanger, 
sella-Thermometer. Siden den Tid er Temperaturen i with a Miller-Casella thermometer. Since then, the tem- 
Dybet af vore Fjorde og paa Bankerne jevnlig bleven un- perature in the depths of our fjords, and on the banks, has 
dersøgt af forskjellige Expeditioner. Resultaterne heraf been periodically determined on various Expeditions. The 
indtil 1875 ere meddelte i Petermanns Geographische Mit- results, up to 1875, will be found in Petermann’s Geo- 
theilungen for 1876, Side 482—434. Derpaa følse Nord- graphische Mittheilungen for 1876, p. 482—434. Next 
havs-Expeditionens Undersøgelser, hvis Resultat ovenfor er come the explorations of the Norwegian North-Atlantic 
meddelt 1 Tabellen Side 44—61. Fra 1879 af er der hvert Expedition, the results of which have been given in the 
Aar taget Dybtemperaturer fra Oplodningsdampskibet *Han- Table, p. 44—61. Dating from the year 1879, deep-sea tem- 
steen” med Negretti & Zambra's Vendethermometer, veri- peratures have been taken every year by the Coast Survey 
ficeret saavel ved det meteorologiske Institut som ved directe steamer “Hansteen,’ with Negretti and Zambra’s inverting- 
Sammenligning ombord med Normalthermometer. Disse thermometer, verified alike at the Meteorological Institute 
interessante Observationer, der velvilligen ere mig overladte and by direct comparison on board with the Standard Ther- 
til Afbenyttelse, betegner jeg i det følgende med H. No. 1, mometer. These interesting observations, kindly placed at 
lal, No 2 © Sy Wo my disposal, I shall designate in the sequel H. No. 1, 
H. No. 2, and so on. 
Idet jeg nu gaar over til den følgende Discussion af Proceeding now to diseuss the temperature-observations 
Temperaturiagttagelserne paa vore Banker og i vore Fjorde, taken on the Norway banks and in the fjords, I shall 
begynder jeg med den norske Rende i Skagerak og følger begin with the Norwegian Channel, in the Skagerak, follow- 
derfra Kysten nordover. ing from thence the coast northwards. 
I Skagerak-Renden fandt den tyske *Pommerania”- In the Skagerak Channel, the German *Pommerania” 
Expedition i 1872 omkring 6° i 100 Favnes Dyb og 59.0 Expedition found, in 1872, about 6° at a depth of a hun- 
til 59.9 1 200 Favnes Dyb samt 50.0 i Dybder omkring dred fathoms, 5°.0 to 5°.9 at a depth of 200 fathoms, and 
300 Favne. Med *Hansteen” maaltes følgende Tempera- 500 at a depth of 300 fathoms. On board the *Han- 
turer (den første Række med Miller-Casella, den anden steen,” the following temperatures were registered — the 
med Negretti & Zambra’s Vendethermometer). first series with the Miller-Casella thermometer, the others 
\ with Negretti & Zambra’s inverting instrument. 
H. No. I H. No. 2 
1877. Sept. 4. 1880. Maj 20. 
58° 14/ N. Br. 9° 12/ FB. Led. HEr GY NG 188 07 07 18, 1b0 
Dybde i Fayne. Meter. Temp. Dybde i Fayne. Meter, Temp. 
(Fathoms.) (Fathoms.) 
o 1808 (0) O 9°.8 
10 18 7 9 5 9 9.0 
20 7 IS 10 18 8.8 
30 5.0 2G 37 7-7 
40 8 ol 30 55 6.5 
50 50 40 VG) 5-9 
75 137 5 +3 50 gt 5 +7 
100 183 Bg 60 110 6.0 
150 274 5 og 80 146 6.0 
Bund (Bottom) 340 622 B 2 100 183 6.0 
150 274 6.0 
200 366 3 277 
300 549 50 
Bund (Bottom) 345 631 5.0 
Den norske Nordhavsexpedition. H. Mohn: Nordhavets Dybder, Temperatur og Strømninger. 11 
