1967 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 272.6 271.8 271.2 270.6 270.5 270.7 270.4 270.2 270.1 269.9 269.8 269.3 269.1 269.2 269.3 269.2 268.8 268.5 268.4 267.7 267.0 266.5 266.0 265.8 265.2 264.8 264.1 263.6 263.5 263.4 263.8 34 Hudson Bay 279.5 277.3 275.0 274.5 273.7 272.9 273.1 273.6 273.7 273.8 275.8 277.3 277.2 277.2 276.7 276.6 275.4 272.9 273.2 272.2 270.5 273.7 275.9 275.2 271.8 270.3 268.3 268.4 269.8 271.9 274.2 36 Hudson Strait 276.2 272.6 274.9 269.8 267.3 268.6 269.7 270.2 267.8 267.5 269.3 270.1 269.0 270.3 274.0 275.9 274.2 273.5 269.0 269.9 267.7 266.4 266.9 273.5 276.6 273.4 274.0 270.7 269.0 266.9 269.5 98 Bering Strait 273.8 272.8 273.3 270.9 269.8 269.3 269.1 269.3 268.7 268.8 268.6 267.1 267.3 266.8 267.2 266.6 266.2 263.8 261.4 261.0 260.8 259.9 260.1 260.6 260.2 261.0 264.9 263.0 261.6 260.5 259.4 128 Arctic subocean 255.2 253.2 252.8 253.9 256.6 255.9 252.9 258.2 258.9 260.4 260.5 258.0 253.9 251.8 250.8 248.7 249.1 250.5 252.5 255.6 253.5 248.5 246.6 246.9 251.1 252.4 251.5 251.1 248.9 247.6 248.7 130 Chukchi Sea 273.2 273.7 272.8 273.5 273.9 272.6 270.9 271.5 269.1 268.1 266.8 265.0 266.1 263.6 262.6 261.8 263.3 261.8 260.5 259.6 257.8 257.5 257.1 257.7 257.6 258.6 261.5 261.8 261.6 260.8 260.6 132 Beaufort Sea 272.4 271.1 270.2 269.7 270.2 271.2 272.4 272.5 273.7 275.1 275.2 272.5 270.4 270.0 270.3 269.0 265.7 265.0 265.8 264.2 266.3 265.6 263.9 263.4 264.7 267.0 267.7 268.8 268.8 267.1 266.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 261.0 260.6 261.9 263.4 263.3 266.7 266.2 263.9 266.0 266.7 266.5 267.4 266.6 264.1 262.3 260.1 258.1 256.9 256.0 254.9 252.9 252.9 253.8 251.7 254.3 256.2 258.3 258.6 257.7 259.7 261.4 136 Foxe Basin 268.4 263.6 260.8 258.7 259.1 260.1 263.0 258.6 258.2 265.5 265.3 263.9 265.5 267.4 269.3 271.1 270.1 266.7 258.3 259.2 259.0 255.1 256.5 256.7 252.9 250.1 251.3 254.2 256.0 254.9 258.1 138 Baffin Bay 253.5 252.2 252.0 251.4 251.2 251.6 251.4 252.6 254.2 255.6 255.3 253.8 251.6 252.8 251.9 252.3 255.2 256.7 257.1 255.9 253.1 252.3 249.5 246.8 245.9 243.8 243.4 244.2 244.5 243.7 244.0 139 South Greenland 261.2 261.4 260.1 256.7 256.0 257.6 258.3 260.3 259.5 257.8 256.7 255.0 253.0 253.5 255.9 258.8 260.3 258.3 257.6 255.9 257.5 257.8 256.9 254.3 252.6 249.9 248.8 252.1 255.9 252.5 250.3 140 Greenland Sea 249.7 247.3 246.1 245.3 247.0 247.6 246.1 249.2 251.9 252.0 251.3 250.4 247.3 246.1 246.3 245.6 248.9 249.8 250.1 251.9 249.0 247.3 246.9 243.2 242.5 242.4 241.5 240.2 239.8 238.0 239.0 142 Norwegian Sea 280.2 280.0 279.0 278.8 278.8 275.2 276.5 276.7 276.1 276.5 276.5 277.2 277.1 277.4 279.2 275.8 270.9 271.6 273.8 273.2 273.4 272.8 272.9 273.6 273.6 275.2 276.1 275.5 275.0 274.0 272.8 144 Barents Sea 273.9 274.0 275.4 278.3 280.8 281.1 279.1 278.1 276.5 276.1 277.4 277.1 277.3 277.4 277.7 277.5 278.5 276.2 275.1 272.6 271.6 269.7 268.6 267.8 267.7 270.0 273.8 275.8 275.4 277.3 277.5 146 Kara Sea 279.2 278.9 277.0 275.1 275.3 275.6 275.5 274.9 274.4 273.6 273.3 273.7 275.1 276.2 276.1 275.8 275.6 276.5 277.3 276.9 275.3 273.8 272.1 272.6 271.4 268.1 265.4 265.3 266.3 267.2 268.6 148 Laptev Sea 270.3 271.2 272.8 273.7 273.3 272.2 269.9 268.7 267.8 267.6 266.2 264.4 263.8 263.6 263.5 264.0 264.0 265.7 266.6 266.4 267.2 266.3 266.3 266.8 267.0 268.8 265.8 261.9 259.9 258.2 257.3 150 East Siberian Sea 266.3 262.5 263.0 264.5 263.5 263.1 265.0 265.1 265.4 264.6 263.1 261.7 260.8 260.3 262.2 262.6 263.1 261.6 260.0 259.0 258.0 257.9 257.9 257.6 258.4 259.0 261.5 260.7 255.9 254.4 254.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.0 275.3 275.4 274.5 273.2 273.7 274.0 274.7 276.4 276.2 275.4 275.4 274.8 274.7 274.8 273.6 272.2 270.8 269.5 270.8 270.3 270.4 269.0 268.2 268.1 272.5 274.1 271.5 270.1 271.7 270.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.2 276.9 277.7 278.4 278.2 277.4 276.6 276.8 276.3 274.0 273.9 273.7 274.0 273.3 273.0 271.9 271.3 269.7 268.0 267.5 266.2 264.1 263.4 263.3 263.2 269.9 269.7 267.0 266.9 265.9 264.2