Atlantic Ocean by three inter-connected currents: the Gulf Stream which flows north-east from the North American coast at Cape Hatteras; the North Atlantic Current, a branch of the Gulf Stream which flows northward from the Grand Banks; and the Subpolar Front, an extension of the North Atlantic Current, a wide, vaguely defined region separating the subtropical gyre from the subpolar gyre. This system of currents transport warm water into the North Atlantic, without which temperatures in the North Atlantic and Europe would plunge dramatically. North of the North Atlantic Gyre, the cyclonic North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre plays a key role in climate
Atlantic Cup (Europe) should meet in what became the Atlantic Cup. The match was played the last weekend in April, alternating every year between the Faroe Islands, and Iceland. In 2009 the competition was discontinued. In 2007, the match between FH Hafnafjørdur and HB Tórshavn was cancelled. It was planned to take place in Reykjavík in March instead of April, but the fund FITUR, who had sponsored the event, closed down. The trip to Iceland became too expensive for HB Tórshavn. So HB announced that they would not take part in the Atlantic Cup that year. Atlantic Cup (Europe) The Atlantic Cup was