I Juli 1875 fandt jeg med Miller-Casella-Thermometer i 
disse Dybder i Vestfjorden 6092 til 60.8. 
Vor Station No. 168 viser en constant Temperatur 
af 20.8 fra 400 til 444 Favne og antyder saaledes Tilstede- 
værelsen af en isoleret Fordybning i Banken paa 68° 39’ 
N. Br., 11°51’ E. Led. Lidt længere Vest (No.166, 11° 
40' E. Led.) er Bundtemperaturen 00.1 1 406 Favnes Dyb. 
Denne Station ligger saaledes paa Ydersiden af den Ryg, 
der begrændser Fordybningen, og Ryggen rækker op til 
adskilligt højere end 400 Favne, da Temperaturen paa 
dens Kam maa være over 20.8. 
I Alten-Fjorden (70° N. Br.) fandt vor Expedition 
den 21. Juni 1878 i 100 Favne 295 og i 150 til.225 Favne 
40.0 (Station 256 og 257). Den norske Polarstation maalte 
fra September 1882 til September 1883 en Gang om Maa- 
neden Temperaturen i Altenfjorden paa et Sted noget læn- 
gere øst og syd (709 2’ N. Br., 239 14’ E. Lgd., mellem 
Bratholmen og Alteneslandet), hvor Dybden var lidt over 
100 Favne. I 100 Favnes Dyb fandtes Temperaturen va- 
rierende fra 4°.5 (Januar, Februar og October) til 592. 
(April og Maj) og den var 1 Middel 4°.9, altsaa meget højere 
end den fandtes i 1878. I 1873 fandt jeg med Miller-Ca- 
sella i Altenfjorden i 100 Favne 4°.0 og 1 150 til 200 
Fayne 3.2 til 39.3. Val 
I Varangerfjorden fandt jeg i August 1875 udenfor 
Bøgfjord med Miller-Casella 1 100 Favne 2°.6 og 1 150 til 
224 Fayne 209 til 30.1. J 1876 fandt man med “Han- 
steen” længere ude i Fjorden i en anden Fordybning 1 Syd 
for Vardø med samme Instrument i 237 Favnes Dyb 59.7. 
I 1881 fandt den franske Expedition med “Coligny” (Prof. 
Pouchet, Capt. Martial)! meget lavere Temperaturer, 19.5 
i 100 Faynes Dyb og 193 ved 200 Favnes Dyb. 
Efter denne Oversigt viser det sig, at der i Dybder 
paa over 100 Favne paa vore Kystbanker i forskjellige Aar 
i samme Dybde paa nærliggende Steder optræde merkelig 
forskjellige Temperaturer, paa samme Tid som lagttagelser, 
udførte paa samme Sted (Lødingen og Alten-Fjord) gjennem 
et helt Aar, i 100 Favnes Dyb udvise kun ganske ringe 
Variationer. Jeg har gjort et Forsøg paa at sætte ‘de 
fundne Variationer i Forbindelse med den foregaaende Tids- 
periodes Temperaturtilstand i Havets Overflade paa Kysten 
og 1 Atmosfæren. I enkelte Tilfælder synes der at være 
Overensstemmelse tilstede. Saaledes skyldes aabenbart den 
lave Temperatur i Varangerfjorden i Sommeren 1881 den 
usædvanlig kolde Vinter og Vaar i Finmarken, da Luftens 
Temperatur fra October 1880 til Juni 1881 i Vardø var 
20,5 til 4° under Normaltemperaturen, og da der om Vaaren 
1 Comptes rendus 1882. S. 1. 
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Hence, it exhibits closer approximation to the temperature 
of the deepest strata than to the temperature as found at 
a depth of 100 fathoms in the Vestfjord in 1878. In July 
1875, I registered with the Miller-Casella thermometer in 
these depths of the Vestfjord 6°.2 to 69.8. 
Our Station No. 168 shows a constant temperature 
of 2°.3 from 400 to 444 fathoms, and accordingly indicates 
the presence of an isolated depression in the Bank, lat. 
68° 39’ N, long. 11° 51’ E. Somewhat farther west (No. 
166, long. 11° 40’ BE), the bottom-temperature is 0%1 at 
a depth of 406 fathoms. This Station, therefore, lies on 
the outer slope of: the ridge that bounds the depression, 
and the ridge reaches up considerably higher than 400 fath- 
oms, since the temperature on its crest must be over 2°.3. 
In the Altenfjord (lat. 70° N), our Expedition regis- 
tered on the 21st of June 1878, in 100 fathoms, 2°.5, and 
in 150 to 225 fathoms, 4°.0 (Stations 256 and 257). At 
the Norwegian Polar Station, the temperature in the Al- 
tenfjord was measured once a month, from September 1882 
to September 1883, in a locality somewhat farther east and 
south (lat. 70° 2’ N, long. 239 14’ E), between Bratholmen and 
Altenesland, where the depth reached a little over 100 
fathoms, At a depth of 100 fathoms, the temperature was 
found to vary from 4°.5 (January, February, and October) 
to 5°.2 (April and May), the mean being 4°.9; hence, very 
considerably higher than found in 1878. In 1873, I regis- 
tered in the Altenfjord with a Miller-Casella thermometer, 
at a depth of 100 fathoms, 4°.0, and at depths of 150 to 
200 fathoms, 3°.2 to 80.3. 
In the Varangerfjord, I measured in August 1875, 
off the Bøgfjord, with a Miller-Casella thermometer, at a 
depth of 100 fathoms, 2°.6, and at depths of 150 to 224 
fathoms, 29.9 to 30.1. In 1876, farther out the fjord, in 
another depression, south of Vardø, was found on board 
the “Hansteen,” with the same instrument, at a depth of 
237 fathoms, 5°.7. In 1881, the French Expedition with 
the “Coligny” (Prof. Pouchet, Capt. Martial +) found much 
lower temperatures, yiz., 195 at a depth of 100 fathoms 
and 193 at a depth of 200. 
From these observations, it appears that in depths of 
more than 100 fathoms on the Norway coastal banks, in 
different years, at the same depth, in closely adjacent loc- 
alities, remarkably variable temperatures are found to occur, 
while observations taken at one and the same place (Lo- 
dingen and the Altenfjord) a whole year round, at a depth 
of 100 fathoms, exhibit but very trifling variations. I have 
sought to place the said variations in connexion with the 
temperature observed during the preceding period at the 
surface of the sea, on the coast, and in the atmosphere. , 
In some cases, there would seem to be agreement. Thus, 
for example, the low temperature in the Varangerfjord 
during the summer of 1881, must obviously be ascribed 
to the unusually cold winter and spring in Finmark, 
when the temperature of the air in Vardo, from Oc- 
1 Comptes rendus 1882, p. 1. 
