American practical navigator: an epitome of navigation and nautical astronomy (1914)
Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838, Logan, George Wood, 1868-1915, United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Equipment · Washington, Govt. Print. Off · leaf 247
gh latitudes during the summer. 549. THE ICE-BEARING CURRENTS.—The Labrador Current passes to thesouthward along the coasts of Baffin Land and Labrador, and, although it occasionallyceases altogether, its usual rate is from 10 to 36 miles per day. Near the coast it isvery much influenced by the… … FIG. 79. the northward. The general drift of the current is to the southward, as shown bythe passage of many icebergs, although occasions have arisen on which these havebeen observed to travel northward without any apparent reason. The breadth anddepth of the current are not known, but it is…
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