1969 01 - 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 247.6 248.1 249.5 251.6 251.8 251.2 249.8 248.0 246.5 246.2 246.0 246.2 246.7 247.3 246.9 246.0 245.0 244.5 244.5 244.6 244.2 244.1 244.3 244.4 244.1 244.1 244.3 244.6 244.0 243.9 243.9 34 Hudson Bay 250.3 249.3 249.8 252.9 256.7 254.2 251.2 249.9 248.5 247.6 249.6 252.8 254.2 256.3 258.7 259.2 257.8 252.6 248.6 246.6 246.4 246.6 246.7 247.6 248.0 246.3 246.2 246.9 247.9 249.0 250.1 36 Hudson Strait 256.0 258.6 267.0 263.3 257.6 252.9 254.3 255.7 264.9 265.4 263.0 264.4 260.2 256.0 253.8 254.0 258.4 262.4 253.9 249.0 245.2 246.6 248.0 247.9 255.8 265.3 254.3 247.2 253.0 255.2 254.4 98 Bering Strait 243.6 244.6 245.9 250.2 248.5 250.4 251.5 249.7 246.2 246.9 245.9 247.5 247.4 249.6 249.2 249.4 250.3 251.1 251.2 253.5 254.6 258.2 259.1 261.3 260.8 259.9 257.5 257.5 255.0 256.4 254.6 128 Arctic subocean 240.2 239.7 242.6 244.6 250.6 254.4 252.9 255.0 247.9 245.3 244.2 244.9 244.1 241.0 238.1 237.1 236.2 235.3 237.9 243.1 245.3 245.9 245.0 242.6 240.1 241.4 241.5 240.1 242.3 245.2 242.2 130 Chukchi Sea 243.8 242.7 244.5 250.5 249.6 256.1 255.7 245.1 243.5 250.4 248.8 247.8 253.1 257.4 258.5 257.0 254.7 255.4 258.9 261.2 259.2 256.4 257.1 267.7 263.9 266.0 265.6 260.6 260.5 259.8 250.5 132 Beaufort Sea 243.7 243.5 247.1 252.4 249.3 245.9 243.0 241.0 240.0 238.6 238.4 240.3 243.8 246.7 245.9 244.6 244.5 244.6 245.6 245.0 245.0 245.1 247.1 247.6 244.3 242.9 243.6 244.8 244.5 243.4 244.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.3 242.1 242.4 242.7 245.7 246.6 248.5 246.9 245.4 243.8 240.3 239.2 239.7 241.2 241.8 243.0 241.4 240.1 240.6 241.3 240.1 236.8 234.0 233.3 235.6 240.5 240.2 239.9 238.2 238.3 239.3 136 Foxe Basin 248.0 251.1 254.1 261.8 265.4 263.4 252.9 251.1 256.4 258.9 255.1 254.3 250.3 248.1 244.1 243.2 248.8 257.4 254.7 248.0 245.9 243.2 245.4 244.1 239.7 239.5 242.2 239.2 239.3 244.3 242.6 138 Baffin Bay 244.8 242.8 246.1 252.1 260.2 260.6 258.3 254.2 250.5 253.0 253.5 248.6 245.8 243.7 239.5 239.2 239.0 239.9 244.8 247.3 250.3 249.8 248.9 247.5 247.7 245.7 242.7 244.0 240.2 238.4 237.4 139 South Greenland 255.7 252.6 250.4 255.9 260.4 260.7 257.7 256.6 255.9 254.9 254.7 251.7 248.5 248.7 246.8 247.3 247.2 248.7 252.4 255.6 255.7 254.3 255.3 255.7 256.7 253.6 255.4 253.8 245.7 244.4 243.6 140 Greenland Sea 238.9 237.2 241.7 246.5 254.1 257.9 254.1 253.6 248.1 246.5 245.8 243.7 245.1 240.5 237.8 237.7 239.0 239.6 240.4 243.7 247.6 248.3 247.6 245.2 246.3 246.9 241.2 242.6 239.9 239.4 237.2 142 Norwegian Sea 267.0 269.7 272.9 273.0 272.3 270.9 269.0 268.1 268.2 268.2 267.1 264.8 262.4 264.7 269.0 269.8 269.9 271.3 268.9 267.6 268.8 268.5 268.8 269.4 269.0 272.0 271.9 271.9 271.5 271.9 271.7 144 Barents Sea 261.9 262.7 261.7 261.9 259.8 258.1 258.6 258.7 255.4 254.6 258.6 256.8 250.5 246.8 245.7 248.1 248.6 249.8 253.9 251.2 248.3 247.3 247.3 246.4 246.0 248.2 250.8 249.8 248.8 249.4 250.2 146 Kara Sea 245.3 247.9 249.6 250.6 250.1 249.5 247.9 245.7 245.0 245.5 245.3 245.6 246.8 247.6 246.2 242.9 239.8 238.8 239.1 239.9 239.6 239.0 239.3 238.9 238.6 238.6 240.3 242.0 243.2 243.0 242.9 148 Laptev Sea 247.4 246.5 246.1 247.1 244.3 243.4 242.6 240.1 238.6 237.1 236.4 235.9 237.2 238.4 238.6 236.7 235.9 235.8 236.4 236.2 235.5 236.8 236.7 236.1 236.4 236.3 235.8 235.3 234.0 233.0 232.8 150 East Siberian Sea 246.7 249.6 254.7 253.7 254.2 255.7 252.7 251.3 251.1 250.3 247.8 248.3 248.6 246.9 246.7 249.1 246.9 249.0 246.3 246.9 243.8 241.8 240.5 242.0 239.6 241.2 242.0 242.3 239.7 239.0 240.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 254.0 255.5 259.5 260.0 257.3 255.7 257.9 260.8 251.3 249.7 250.0 249.9 250.7 253.5 254.0 255.3 256.8 258.6 257.9 259.8 261.1 264.6 265.3 264.2 263.9 262.6 262.7 263.0 261.9 264.8 264.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 247.4 246.2 243.9 247.4 248.1 251.8 264.3 263.4 253.2 252.3 252.0 251.4 254.1 258.2 260.9 266.1 266.2 268.7 267.1 268.4 268.3 269.9 271.7 270.7 269.8 269.0 269.2 269.0 268.9 269.6 267.6