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The temperature fell two degrees as we neared the shores [[insertion]] 48 [[/insertion]] and two more when the mouth of Akutan Pass was reached and the cold waters of Bering Sea followed the falling tide into the Pacific. The following morning however when the reverse took place, the warm Pacific water driving (with the tidal impetus) all before it and the temperature in the Pass where we were becalmed rising accordingly

Dixon describes strong NW current off Montague Id Chugach Bay. Archimandritoff Feb. 1872 reports similar off coast just N of Sitka and SW off NE pt of Kodiak with a branch on each side

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Personal and place names: Akutan Pass, Bering Sea; Dixon; Montague Id; Chugach Bay; Archimandritoff; Sitka; Kodiak