Archive image from page 333 of The depths of the ocean;. The depths of the ocean; a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceange00murr Year: 1912 296 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN CHAP. American coast-water). Farther north the salinity decreases, being a little more than per thousand off the south-western coasts of Europe, and between and per thousand farther north off the British Isles towards the Faroe Islands and Iceland. In the northern part of the ocean

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Archive image from page 333 of The depths of the ocean;. The depths of the ocean; a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceange00murr Year: 1912 296 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN CHAP. American coast-water). Farther north the salinity decreases, being a little more than per thousand off the south-western coasts of Europe, and between and per thousand farther north off the British Isles towards the Faroe Islands and Iceland. In the northern part of the ocean the saltest and warmest water is found on the European side, the Gulf Stream making its influence felt there, whereas the less salt and much colder water- masses south of Greenland are derived from the polar currents.

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