As a consequence the semidiurnal portion of the tide wave in these regions is almost wholly derived from the tides in the Atlantic Ocean.

The diurnal forces attain a maximum at the Pole and produce sensible tides in the deeper waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Such tides are essentially equilibrium tides for this nearly enclosed body of water.

The diurnal portion of the Baffin Bay tide produces the diurnal portion of the tide in Smith Sound, Kane Basin, and Kennedy Channel.

In passing from Fort Conger to the Arctic Ocean one could reasonably expect to find a great change in the time of occurrence of the diurnal tide in going a comparatively short distance; in other words the change in the tidal hour for the diurnal wave would probably be considerable where the Baffin Bay tide joins the arctic tide.
Peary's observations show that such is the case.