No. 24 og 25 ligge paa den lidt bolgeformede Banke. 
No. 26 ligger paa en *Fiskebank*, hvis Top ligger i Læng- 
den 11° 26 E. Paa Vestsiden af denne Bank ere Bundtem- 
peraturerne over 69.6, men paa Østsiden gaa de ned til 
under 6°. No. 27 ligger i Dønnes-Fjorden vestenfor Døn- 
nesøen. "Temperaturen har et Minimum i 80 Favnes Dyb 
og er constant 6° fra 100 Favne til Bunden 1 175 Favne. 
Udenfor Mundingen af Vestfjorden har *Hansteen” 
- følgende 3 Temperaturrækker. 
, 
Jal, No, 28, 
1885. August 1. 1885. 
ou” & NL, 1858, U2? 257 196 bek 
Favne. Meter. Temp. Favne. 
(Fms.) (Ems.) 
(0) (0) 1196 (0) 
14 25 10.1 14 
27 50 9.0 27 
38 70 8.3 38 
55 100 6.8 82 
82 150 6.8 I IO 
I 10 200 6.8 B. 153 
B. 150 273 6.6 
Imellem Røst og Bodø strækker sig en Forhøjning i 
Havbunden, der paa dens dybeste Parti sænker sig til 120 
Fayne under Havfladen og begrændser Vestfjordens Bassin. 
No. 28 ligger udenfor (søndenfor) denne Ryg.: No. 29 
ligger i en Fordybning udenfor Mundingen af Saltenfjorden, 
ogsaa søndenfor Ryggen. No. 30 ligger paa Ryggen, ved 
dens dybeste Parti. Paa alle 3 Steder ere Bundtempera- 
turerne forholdsvis høje. Paa et Punkt, noget i Nordost 
for No. 30, hvor Dybden er 150 Favne, maaltes paa Nord- 
havs-Expeditionen d. 22. Juni 1877 (Station No. 148) i 
100 Favne 4.8, i 140 Fayne 590; den 18. August samme 
Aar fandtes 1 100 Favne 5°.1 og i 140 Fayne 50,8 (Station 
No. 254). Temperaturen var saaledes-i mindre end 2 Maa- 
neder steget 09.8. Et Temperatur-Minimum fandtes i 60 
Faynes Dyb. Forholdene i 1877 ere saaledes temmelig af- 
vigende fra dem, som paa nærliggende Sted fandtes i 1885. 
Den inderste Del af Vestfjorden danner et Dybbassin 
paa indtil 350 Favnes Dyb. Her fandt vor Expedition i 
Juni 1878 (Station No. 255) i 100 Favnes Dyb 599 og i 
300 til 340 Favnes Dyb 605. Udentor Lødingen (68° 24’ 
N. Br. 169 1’ E. Lgd.) har Telegrafinspectør Lie, ved For- 
anstaltning af Opsynschefen ved Lofotfisket, Captein i Ma- 
rinen N. Juel, maalt i Aarene 1879 og 1880 Temperaturen 
paa Dybet indtil 100 Favne i Maanederne Maj til næst- 
følgende Januar. Disse Observationer skal jeg nedenfor 
meddele i større Omstændelighed. I begge Aar fandtes her, 
hvor Vestfjorden ender, i 100 Favnes Dyb en Temperatur, 
der kun varierer fra 602 til 6.05 og i Gjennemsnit er 604. 
Den svarer saaledes nærmere til det dybeste Lags Tempe- 
ratur end til Temperaturen i 100 Favne i Vestfjorden i 1878. 
HEEN: 
August 21. 
679 8/ N. Br. 13° 4’ B. Led. 
Nos. 24 and 25 lie on the sligthly undulating bank. 
No. 26 is located on a *fishing-bank,” the summit of which 
lies in long. 119 26’ E. On the west side of this bank, the 
bottom-temperatures reach upwards of 69.6, but on the east 
side they sink below 6°. No.27 lies in the Dønnes Fjord, 
west of the island of that name. The temperature has a 
minimum at a depth of 80 fathoms, and is constant at 6° 
from a depth of 100 fathoms to the bottom, in 175 fathoms. 
Off the mouth of the Vestfjord, the “Hansteen” has 
the following 3 serial temperatures: — 
H. No. 30. 
1885. 
29. 
September 1. 
67° 19’ N. Br. 12° 55” BE. Led. 
Meter. Temp. Favne. Meter. Temp. 
(Fms.) 
(0) TI (0) fo) 11.0 
25 Tt oG 14 25 10 .8 
50 10.3 2 50 10.1 
70 8.2 38 70 9.I 
I50 7 .G 55 100 8.3 
200 6.7 82 150 6.8 
286 OG 1B, #2 220 6.8 
Between Røst and Bodø stretches an elevation of the 
sea-bed, which, in its deepest part, sinks to 120 fathoms 
beneath the surface, and limits the basin of the Vest- 
fjord. No. 28 is located off (south of) this ridge. No. 
29 lies in a depression off the mouth of the Saltenfjord, 
also south of the ridge. No. 30 lies on the ridge — its 
deepest part. In each of these localities the bottom-tem- 
peratures are comparatively high. At one point, a little 
to the north-east of No. 30, where the depth reaches 150 
fathoms, was registered on the North-Atlantic Expedition, 
22 June 1877 (Station No. 148), in 100 fathoms, 4°.3, in 
140 fathoms 5°.0. On the 18th of August — same year — 
was found in 100 fathoms 5°.1, and in 140 fathoms 50.8 
(Station No. 254). The temperature had consequently risen 
in less than 2 months as much as 09,8. <A temperature- 
minimum was found to occur at a depth of 60 fathoms. 
Hence, in 1877, the temperature-relations deviate very con- 
siderably from those observed in an adjacent locality in 1885. 
The inner part of the Vestfjord constitutes a deep 
basin, reaching down as low as 350 fathoms. Here the 
North-Atlantic Expedition registered in June 1878 (Sta- 
tion No. 255), at a depth of 100 fathoms, 5°.9, and 
in 300 to 340 fathoms 6°.5. Off Lødingen (lat. 68° 24’ N, 
long. 16° 1’ E), Mr. Lie, Inspector of Telegraphs, meas- 
ured, at the requisition of Capt. N. Juel, R. N., Chief In- 
spector of the Lofoten Fishery, in the years 1879 and 1880, 
the temperature to a depth of 100 fathoms from the month 
of May to the month of January in the following year. 
These observations I shall communicate below in greater 
detail. Both years was found here, at the point where the 
Vestfjord terminates, with a depth of 100 fathoms, a tem- 
perature varying only from 6°.2 to 6°.5, and averaging 60.4. 
