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IN the Annalen der Hydrographie and maritimen Meteorologie (Jahrg. iv., 1876, Heft 6, p. 219), Herr von Schleinitz, a member of the recent expedition in the German corvette Gazelle, states his views on ocean temperatures and currents; these are somewhat different from those expressed by Sir C. Wyville Thomson (Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. xxiv.), which are based on the data obtained during the Challenger expedition. The Gazelle, after leaving Auckland (New Zealand), pursued a course almost due north as far as the Fiji Islands; thence she proceeded to the Samoan Islands, situated at a short distance north-east of Fiji. After a brief excursion to the Tonga group and back, the Gazelle (from long. 172° 18′· 5 W., and lat. 14° 28′·IS.) sailed some 2,500 nautical miles in a south-south-east direction (to long. 141° 11′4 W., and lat. 45° 33′6 S.), after which she took a due easterly, and later on, a south-easterly course, to Magellan's Straits (long. 80° 30′3 W., lat. 51° 41′6 S.). The observations of temperature on the long cruise between the Samoan Islands and the Magellan's Straits are of special interest, as the course taken by the Gazelle lies to the south of that pursued by the Challenger.
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Temperatures and Ocean Currents in the South Pacific . Nature 15, 237 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/015237a0
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