1968 05 - 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 268.5 267.9 268.3 268.9 269.8 270.6 271.5 272.4 272.3 272.1 272.3 273.1 273.4 273.4 273.6 273.4 273.4 274.0 275.2 275.9 276.1 276.3 276.5 277.0 277.1 277.3 277.2 276.9 277.3 277.5 277.0 34 Hudson Bay 274.1 273.3 272.8 271.4 271.4 273.4 274.8 276.2 274.3 272.2 272.7 276.1 278.9 280.1 279.1 277.9 277.0 275.8 276.4 277.2 278.6 279.3 278.0 279.2 281.3 283.7 283.3 282.2 281.9 281.5 281.4 36 Hudson Strait 269.5 271.4 272.6 272.4 271.1 268.2 266.3 267.3 272.9 271.2 267.1 265.8 267.6 271.0 273.3 270.9 271.6 271.9 273.5 274.3 272.9 273.3 273.8 269.7 267.6 268.4 272.1 274.9 274.1 272.2 273.1 98 Bering Strait 265.3 265.3 266.7 267.6 268.9 270.1 271.6 272.3 272.9 273.0 273.0 272.8 271.6 270.3 271.4 272.0 272.9 273.4 275.9 277.3 274.6 273.5 274.5 274.9 274.1 275.9 276.6 276.5 276.9 277.2 276.2 128 Arctic subocean 257.9 257.6 255.4 255.2 255.5 256.6 258.7 262.6 261.5 259.2 260.9 266.1 268.4 267.7 265.3 266.0 265.2 263.6 262.9 262.5 263.3 262.9 262.6 262.8 262.3 261.6 263.5 265.4 266.2 266.5 266.9 130 Chukchi Sea 262.8 262.6 263.3 266.7 269.9 268.5 268.9 271.6 272.6 271.6 273.0 271.9 269.9 268.6 269.6 269.8 269.0 270.7 271.6 270.1 268.5 270.0 273.3 272.2 271.5 272.9 274.2 274.1 273.5 273.1 272.8 132 Beaufort Sea 271.2 270.8 271.5 272.0 272.7 272.9 272.1 273.1 271.8 273.1 274.5 273.8 273.3 271.9 271.8 273.5 274.9 276.0 278.6 280.1 279.0 275.8 276.1 278.9 277.8 277.9 277.9 277.9 279.2 279.5 279.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.2 261.1 262.6 263.7 263.3 262.2 262.1 262.5 263.7 264.0 264.4 265.4 265.8 266.8 265.2 265.8 267.3 268.0 268.0 266.9 267.7 264.5 263.3 266.5 266.8 266.9 265.1 265.9 268.3 270.6 271.8 136 Foxe Basin 259.2 259.1 258.7 263.1 266.6 266.4 265.2 263.0 262.6 264.6 266.8 265.0 263.5 264.6 267.3 271.4 272.0 270.6 271.5 270.9 269.7 270.0 266.1 263.6 265.1 268.1 268.7 265.6 267.2 269.1 269.9 138 Baffin Bay 256.9 254.4 253.1 254.7 258.0 262.3 264.7 264.8 263.1 262.5 263.1 266.4 267.3 265.0 264.6 266.0 265.5 265.3 265.4 265.5 264.6 262.7 262.4 262.7 262.4 261.9 261.5 262.9 267.3 268.4 268.3 139 South Greenland 263.6 262.7 264.2 266.5 267.4 267.2 266.9 266.3 265.0 264.4 265.2 266.9 266.7 266.5 267.1 266.7 267.4 269.3 270.3 270.0 268.2 267.8 268.9 270.1 270.3 270.0 269.4 269.0 268.8 269.5 269.7 140 Greenland Sea 256.2 254.0 254.7 253.8 255.6 259.0 260.4 260.3 259.8 259.7 260.3 262.7 266.1 267.5 266.3 267.3 266.8 266.2 266.8 265.8 265.8 266.1 265.6 267.3 268.2 267.4 266.4 266.4 267.1 267.1 267.1 142 Norwegian Sea 276.2 273.2 273.1 272.6 273.9 274.7 274.9 273.8 272.2 274.4 277.2 276.9 275.7 274.9 274.5 274.5 275.3 275.8 275.6 273.7 272.9 273.9 275.6 277.0 278.2 278.8 279.8 280.7 281.7 279.5 279.7 144 Barents Sea 274.8 275.3 275.7 276.2 275.9 274.6 276.3 278.0 279.2 275.4 275.0 278.1 276.4 272.2 272.1 272.6 271.1 272.2 275.7 277.4 277.0 276.0 274.1 274.3 275.6 276.7 277.8 278.6 280.2 280.6 277.2 146 Kara Sea 270.9 270.7 271.7 273.5 275.4 276.2 276.6 276.9 277.3 277.9 278.0 276.6 275.1 275.6 275.8 275.0 274.8 276.4 276.0 277.0 279.6 282.0 283.5 283.3 281.9 281.0 281.6 281.7 280.5 279.9 280.0 148 Laptev Sea 270.5 268.2 265.7 264.9 264.7 265.5 267.6 270.3 271.6 270.6 270.1 272.0 273.1 273.5 275.3 275.2 274.6 274.4 277.1 277.6 276.3 277.1 277.5 277.7 279.5 279.3 276.8 274.8 277.3 278.0 276.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.2 255.4 259.2 261.2 262.1 265.4 266.7 266.3 265.6 267.5 268.0 268.4 272.4 273.5 273.4 272.7 273.1 274.0 276.8 277.1 275.7 276.1 275.3 274.1 273.7 273.0 275.1 274.8 273.5 276.2 276.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.8 271.6 271.2 271.6 272.9 273.1 273.3 273.8 274.1 275.6 274.9 276.7 276.2 275.5 276.2 275.0 276.1 277.5 280.5 282.6 280.9 278.9 277.6 277.4 276.7 277.5 276.9 276.6 277.8 277.0 275.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.7 268.1 271.7 273.8 274.6 273.7 273.8 273.4 273.6 274.2 274.2 276.7 278.8 276.4 275.0 275.8 276.8 277.5 281.1 283.1 283.0 281.6 280.3 281.0 280.0 280.3 279.7 279.4 278.7 277.2 276.9