Deep-Sea Oceanographic Buoys Used to Probe Labrador Current. Seen here being lowered into the water from the Coast Guard Cutter Evergreen is one of the three experimental oceanographic buoys which the 1962 Ice Patrol will use to delve into the secrets of the Labrador Current. This current carries icebergs farthermost south along the eastern slopes of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, where they menace North Atlantic shipping. The buoy carries oceanographic instruments which automatically record the direction and volume of current and sea temperature among other important data, and detects fluc
Deep-Sea Oceanographic Buoys Used to Probe Labrador Current. Seen here being lowered into the water from the Coast Guard Cutter Evergreen is one of the three experimental oceanographic buoys which the 1962 Ice Patrol will use to delve into the secrets of the Labrador Current. This current carries icebergs farthermost south along the eastern slopes of the Grand Banks off Newfoundland, where they menace North Atlantic shipping. The buoy carries oceanographic instruments which automatically record the direction and volume of current and sea temperature among other important data, and detects fluctuations and changes in the current. Information collected over long periods by the buoys will enable oceanographics to forecast more accurately the severity of the approaching ice season.
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