exchange between the Greenland- and Lofoten-Basins at. intermediate
and greater depth.

For the first time, the saline and warm Arctic outflow fram the
Arctic Ocean through Fram-Strait at about 1600 m depth could be
traced, in detail, on the Greenland side of the basin as far south
as 73 °N. This provides an important link in the salt budget of the
area and is the missing end-member for the formation of Norwegian
Sea Deep Water. The entire deep ciraulation seems to be tied into a
camplicated flow pattern, superimposed on a strongly karotropic
circulation. The dominating cyclonic Greenland Sea gyre in the top
600 m is reversing its rotation at intermediate depths. Below 1800 m
an anti-cyclonic gyre is fed by mainly topographically controlled
deep boundary flows, redistributing the newly formed Greenland Sea
Deep Water from the center of the gyre to the outflow channels and
areas.