1966 10 - 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 272.0 271.3 271.4 271.8 272.2 272.0 271.1 270.5 269.3 268.3 267.3 266.6 266.2 266.0 265.9 265.1 264.4 263.2 263.4 263.9 263.8 263.3 262.9 262.1 261.8 262.3 262.6 261.7 261.5 261.3 260.8 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 277.2 277.1 276.8 277.6 279.5 277.9 277.2 277.1 276.9 275.6 274.7 273.6 271.9 272.4 272.4 271.8 270.9 270.5 272.9 274.5 274.7 273.2 272.8 274.9 273.3 271.4 266.5 264.2 267.0 266.8 36 Hudson Strait 275.5 275.8 275.3 274.0 274.4 275.1 273.5 273.1 273.5 271.5 275.2 275.4 274.9 273.3 271.4 267.7 267.4 267.8 268.6 271.1 270.9 269.3 269.2 272.9 271.9 271.0 268.1 267.1 267.9 266.2 264.6 98 Bering Strait 275.5 275.1 274.4 273.5 271.0 270.7 270.0 270.2 269.6 270.1 267.9 266.2 267.1 267.8 266.1 265.1 263.9 262.5 262.6 260.0 257.6 257.6 259.3 257.7 256.2 255.0 254.5 255.8 257.8 257.8 259.3 128 Arctic subocean 251.5 251.5 250.8 254.1 252.4 253.5 254.5 252.8 249.9 249.0 249.5 249.7 250.9 249.6 247.1 246.1 245.1 245.6 247.1 248.7 250.0 249.7 249.6 249.7 247.2 245.1 244.8 244.1 245.1 242.6 243.5 130 Chukchi Sea 275.2 274.8 274.3 274.0 271.8 272.3 272.4 270.4 270.4 269.9 269.0 269.4 268.6 267.2 267.2 265.4 264.3 261.9 261.1 259.8 259.8 259.9 260.8 261.1 260.2 259.0 257.3 257.2 257.8 259.5 260.0 132 Beaufort Sea 276.8 274.9 274.7 276.1 277.6 274.2 273.3 275.0 274.2 272.6 271.7 269.0 267.0 270.3 270.9 269.9 269.3 267.1 267.8 265.8 263.0 261.4 263.1 266.0 264.3 260.9 258.3 256.8 260.3 263.3 262.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.0 263.5 262.9 261.1 260.8 260.2 259.8 258.5 257.2 256.7 256.1 254.6 253.3 252.6 253.5 252.1 250.2 248.9 251.0 253.2 253.8 255.6 255.6 255.3 256.7 257.5 255.0 252.6 250.2 248.6 248.6 136 Foxe Basin 272.8 272.9 272.4 272.3 271.3 271.9 272.1 271.5 269.7 268.5 267.7 267.5 268.5 268.3 267.2 264.9 265.9 267.8 268.2 266.7 266.3 266.9 268.8 267.1 267.5 269.8 268.8 267.5 265.1 262.1 262.0 138 Baffin Bay 260.6 259.4 258.6 257.8 258.0 258.0 256.5 257.9 259.3 260.2 259.2 257.1 256.1 256.1 253.9 251.9 252.8 253.5 253.2 253.0 252.2 253.2 259.6 259.6 256.8 256.6 255.3 254.7 255.2 252.5 252.2 139 South Greenland 264.0 263.0 261.5 260.0 260.4 259.6 260.4 263.9 264.3 264.3 263.1 261.6 261.2 263.8 264.0 261.5 259.5 258.1 256.1 255.0 255.9 261.1 266.2 264.1 262.6 262.4 262.9 262.9 262.7 257.8 258.5 140 Greenland Sea 253.0 251.5 251.0 251.9 251.2 251.5 251.3 250.8 253.4 253.8 255.5 254.5 251.8 252.1 256.4 250.1 248.4 247.6 247.0 248.5 247.9 247.7 255.0 257.6 253.9 253.5 250.6 249.4 249.5 247.7 246.7 142 Norwegian Sea 276.5 277.8 276.5 274.6 274.1 274.9 276.3 277.3 273.9 273.6 274.5 275.4 276.5 276.2 276.2 276.9 275.7 277.3 276.9 275.9 277.0 277.4 276.2 275.1 272.3 271.0 270.9 271.1 272.5 273.7 276.4 144 Barents Sea 273.2 272.9 277.1 280.1 279.2 272.6 270.1 271.9 273.8 272.8 270.5 267.9 267.2 266.8 267.0 266.0 266.0 263.5 267.0 269.0 265.1 265.2 265.9 270.2 272.1 270.8 266.8 264.3 262.7 260.6 260.8 146 Kara Sea 277.1 276.1 275.4 275.8 276.6 277.9 275.4 272.2 269.7 268.2 268.6 269.6 269.3 266.5 265.7 266.6 267.6 267.4 266.3 266.1 266.5 265.4 262.1 258.1 258.3 264.3 268.7 267.5 266.7 264.4 262.9 148 Laptev Sea 265.5 265.6 267.8 270.4 270.7 270.1 271.6 271.5 267.7 265.9 263.2 262.1 264.1 266.8 266.0 262.4 260.0 257.8 260.3 262.9 262.8 260.6 260.1 260.7 257.9 254.2 254.6 258.8 259.6 260.1 257.4 150 East Siberian Sea 266.0 264.1 262.7 262.2 263.0 264.5 264.0 264.3 264.9 263.4 260.7 258.0 255.8 257.7 261.3 263.5 259.4 258.4 256.3 257.2 258.7 257.6 255.0 252.6 254.3 256.3 258.9 254.1 251.3 257.0 261.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.0 277.5 277.5 276.0 275.3 274.8 274.1 274.3 274.0 273.3 271.5 272.6 274.4 273.1 273.0 273.0 270.3 269.4 268.1 266.2 264.9 266.1 264.6 263.9 263.3 262.6 264.0 266.7 270.7 269.6 269.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 280.5 279.7 278.2 276.0 278.3 275.1 274.5 275.0 274.3 273.0 273.9 276.8 276.3 274.1 273.4 271.0 268.8 266.6 265.2 263.1 260.9 261.8 261.3 260.6 259.6 258.3 257.5 259.1 263.6 264.8 269.5