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North Atlantic Oceanography from Nettleship & Evans (1985)

 

Newfoundland lies about halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, yet the frigid waters of the Labrador Current make it the site of the lowest Arctic penetration in the North Atlantic, i.e. productive fisheries, the southern limit of many Arctic animals and icebergs.