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.