New research results from the Antarctic Ocean.
During the last few years a growing scientific
interest in antarctic oceanography has been
manifested by the performance of the longterm
lnternational Southern Ocean Studies (ISOS). ln
this note we presenl a short review of currenl
problems in physical oceanography of the
Southern Ocean. The paper deals with recent
observations from the Drake Passage related to
the antarctic circumpolar current system, and
the formation of bottom and intermediate waler,
as well as wilh studies of the polar frontal zone