Irminger Current

The Irmingerstrom is a warm ocean current in the North Atlantic.

History and Impact

The Gulf Stream is divided from America on coming into the streams Irmingerstrom, North Atlantic current and Norwegian electricity. This division is done on an ocean ridge between Scotland and Iceland. The Irmingerstrom transports relatively warm water with temperatures of up to 5 degrees Celsius in the regions to the north west of Iceland. Ultimately, this leads to an abundance of fish at Iceland.

Name

Just as the Irminger Sea the flow after the Danish captain and later Vice Admiral Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger (1802-1888) was named, who examined the ocean currents of the North Atlantic and 1853 first this branch of the Gulf Stream described, which was named in 1878 after him.

Carl Ludvig Christian Irminger published several writings on his investigations such as the essay "On the direction and speed of the Gulf Stream " in " Nyt Archive for Søvæsenet. København 1843. P. 191 " or 1853 essay "On the ocean currents " and 1854 essay "On the Arctische flow " and other essays, however, were written only in Danish.