1964 12 - daily - mean of daily NCEP sigma-0.995 temperature with 25-km topography correction (K); RIMS mask V1; C. Oelke, NSIDC, May 2003 BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 251.9 252.0 252.1 252.3 252.0 252.4 252.7 253.5 254.1 253.8 253.4 253.1 252.5 251.0 250.8 250.8 250.4 249.6 249.3 249.4 250.1 249.8 248.7 248.6 249.5 249.6 249.1 249.1 248.9 247.8 246.2 34 Hudson Bay 251.4 248.5 247.8 249.6 252.1 255.5 260.1 261.6 264.4 265.3 263.0 260.2 257.9 253.3 249.2 246.3 246.3 246.2 246.2 245.2 248.0 248.5 248.6 247.9 249.7 248.4 247.5 251.5 253.4 251.5 248.0 36 Hudson Strait 252.7 258.3 261.7 258.6 255.0 251.8 251.0 251.5 251.7 257.3 262.1 263.3 262.5 258.4 256.4 250.0 247.7 245.4 246.5 245.1 243.0 247.2 253.1 250.1 259.7 260.6 258.9 250.5 249.1 253.3 256.0 98 Bering Strait 249.3 249.7 250.9 251.1 252.4 252.0 251.0 249.3 245.1 242.8 238.4 240.7 241.6 240.1 243.9 251.5 251.8 252.7 253.6 252.0 256.2 258.2 253.4 251.4 250.0 249.2 242.8 241.4 243.7 243.5 240.9 128 Arctic subocean 243.8 245.3 247.0 244.3 236.3 234.5 237.1 236.3 233.1 235.6 238.9 241.1 239.6 240.7 243.7 244.7 244.0 246.1 247.3 245.7 248.0 245.2 243.4 244.7 244.6 246.3 240.8 237.2 237.0 238.4 237.2 130 Chukchi Sea 252.4 244.9 242.5 240.7 240.2 239.6 239.7 238.4 235.4 237.9 234.3 240.7 245.4 246.3 245.0 242.7 244.4 250.2 258.4 263.6 261.4 256.7 258.5 251.6 242.7 246.7 248.9 243.8 242.4 244.8 237.4 132 Beaufort Sea 247.6 250.5 251.0 252.1 257.1 262.7 263.9 265.0 260.2 252.3 246.7 244.6 243.2 240.2 240.1 243.3 246.5 247.3 245.8 246.2 248.7 247.9 247.6 246.4 247.2 244.8 243.7 243.7 242.6 241.3 241.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.2 249.3 249.1 245.8 244.7 249.0 249.1 245.5 248.8 251.2 248.5 244.6 242.0 242.1 243.1 242.3 241.2 240.8 244.6 245.4 242.8 241.9 241.7 239.8 238.4 236.7 235.9 236.7 236.8 235.7 237.1 136 Foxe Basin 240.1 246.1 246.0 251.4 246.2 246.4 248.5 252.5 249.8 253.6 258.2 249.4 243.4 240.8 238.3 242.4 243.7 239.2 238.4 237.6 242.3 245.9 251.7 254.4 244.1 246.1 242.8 239.2 238.8 249.4 250.7 138 Baffin Bay 241.9 243.0 243.7 252.5 246.4 242.6 241.7 242.1 238.2 240.0 244.8 248.7 246.4 245.0 248.4 249.4 249.4 249.5 246.0 246.9 245.0 240.5 242.3 250.2 252.2 249.4 246.7 243.7 241.5 239.1 241.5 139 South Greenland 252.4 250.3 256.2 257.4 251.2 248.1 248.2 248.7 247.7 246.4 246.5 249.3 250.6 250.6 251.9 254.5 255.2 251.6 251.3 257.6 252.9 248.2 249.3 253.6 252.9 254.0 253.7 253.2 248.2 247.0 247.9 140 Greenland Sea 238.9 242.4 241.0 247.2 246.2 242.7 241.9 242.0 239.2 235.7 236.8 241.1 241.4 244.2 246.7 246.9 246.2 247.3 246.2 248.6 248.0 242.4 241.7 245.2 246.0 245.7 242.9 240.0 241.8 239.3 238.4 142 Norwegian Sea 265.5 269.0 269.7 269.5 268.5 267.9 272.3 272.9 274.6 274.7 273.8 273.2 272.4 267.7 269.8 270.7 270.8 269.9 270.0 270.6 271.7 274.4 274.0 270.0 268.9 267.5 267.5 267.8 267.9 269.0 270.3 144 Barents Sea 249.7 249.8 257.4 263.3 261.4 268.5 271.2 269.1 268.6 270.0 271.5 269.7 268.3 267.8 268.0 266.7 264.3 261.4 256.5 252.6 251.1 254.5 254.9 255.5 258.8 261.7 262.7 258.7 256.6 256.8 258.6 146 Kara Sea 258.1 257.7 257.4 256.7 256.8 254.5 252.3 254.1 256.6 258.5 260.3 261.5 261.0 259.2 258.3 257.5 256.9 255.3 254.6 253.7 254.5 255.1 253.6 252.9 254.9 256.6 257.2 257.2 258.1 256.2 252.9 148 Laptev Sea 252.2 253.2 249.7 246.8 243.9 243.8 243.8 246.1 247.9 247.5 245.9 244.2 243.9 244.5 243.8 242.9 241.1 240.2 240.3 242.7 244.3 242.4 239.8 239.7 239.6 240.1 242.2 242.9 241.4 239.7 238.8 150 East Siberian Sea 244.7 242.9 241.4 241.0 243.0 243.8 244.9 245.9 249.2 244.9 244.4 246.1 250.1 248.2 250.6 248.6 246.0 247.1 249.7 249.6 247.5 246.5 242.0 242.6 245.5 244.5 239.3 238.4 238.0 236.4 235.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.0 266.2 266.9 268.7 269.1 268.4 269.3 265.3 258.6 253.1 252.3 249.7 247.7 247.8 250.4 261.9 263.9 260.5 255.8 256.2 261.1 261.1 256.9 259.0 258.5 255.3 252.3 253.7 252.4 254.6 254.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.6 266.9 264.6 260.4 253.6 248.5 248.4 250.1 249.5 246.3 253.1 244.4 248.8 252.6 262.1 264.6 265.1 266.5 261.5 259.9 264.6 264.6 258.6 260.9 252.1 248.8 256.3 258.3 255.1 265.3 253.6