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IN view of the great difficulty with which the speed of a deep current is measured, the following investigation is of considerable interest. The observations on which it is based were made by Mr. H. F. P. Herdman and me in the R.R.S. Discovery II. during the recent passage home from the Antarctic.
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Wattenberg, "Die Deutsche Atlantische Expedition, Gesammelte Expeditionberichte", 1925–27, p. 139.
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DEACON, G. Velocity of Deep Currents in the South Atlantic. Nature 128, 267 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128267a0
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