Abstract
IMPORTANT contributions to Arctic oceanography are contained in the report of Dr. F. Nansen's work in Spitsbergen seas in 1912 {“Spitsbergen Waters.” By F. Nansen. Christiania, 1915). Dr. Nansen spent July and August of that year in his yacht, the Veslemöy, on the west and north of Spitsbergen. His main object was to push far to the north to get deep-water samples from the polar basin in order to make more accurate determinations of specific gravity than were possible during the voyage of the Fram. But this aspect of the expedition was only partially successful on account of the pack ice being unusually far south. However, a great odeal of valuable work was done, both in the open seas and in the fjords. Only one or two of many interesting results can be noticed here.
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