AN OCEAN PHENOMENON.
WHERE TWO CURRENTS MEET. A vessel on Government patrol recently had a remarkable experience when off the Newfoundland Grand Banks. It found itself exactly at the spot where the cold Labrador current and the warm Gulf Stream meet. The ship was swung around, and experimental temperatures were taken. In one instance the temperature at the bow was 56 degrees while at the stern it was 34 degrees.
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16096, 20 September 1924, Page 14 (Supplement)
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70AN OCEAN PHENOMENON. Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 16096, 20 September 1924, Page 14 (Supplement)
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