1970 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 266.8 267.1 267.6 268.0 268.6 269.2 269.9 269.8 270.5 270.7 270.7 270.8 271.3 271.9 272.3 272.8 273.6 273.8 273.8 273.9 274.2 274.7 275.1 275.8 275.2 274.9 274.7 274.8 275.3 275.5 276.2 34 Hudson Bay 272.7 273.8 273.5 272.8 271.7 273.9 276.6 274.5 272.7 270.8 270.4 270.6 272.3 274.5 275.9 277.3 279.1 277.3 275.7 275.8 276.8 277.1 277.0 276.6 275.9 275.1 275.4 277.0 280.3 282.5 282.5 36 Hudson Strait 269.1 267.8 265.2 265.6 267.8 264.0 265.9 268.6 269.5 268.2 267.7 267.9 269.6 269.1 268.3 270.2 273.2 272.3 270.2 267.9 268.8 267.3 266.8 266.4 266.9 267.6 268.9 268.8 270.6 272.9 273.7 98 Bering Strait 269.6 269.6 269.8 269.6 271.0 271.0 271.9 271.7 271.5 273.0 273.8 273.8 272.7 271.5 271.7 272.5 272.7 273.6 273.6 273.7 274.2 274.0 273.9 275.9 276.1 274.8 274.5 275.0 275.7 276.1 278.7 128 Arctic subocean 250.8 251.7 254.1 256.9 258.0 259.2 258.2 260.4 261.2 260.6 256.0 255.5 256.1 258.9 262.0 261.7 260.6 259.6 260.1 263.5 263.0 264.3 266.3 264.8 263.8 263.0 262.8 264.1 265.6 266.3 265.6 130 Chukchi Sea 261.9 263.8 265.1 263.4 262.7 264.2 266.0 266.6 268.4 271.1 270.8 272.3 271.2 269.7 269.7 270.4 271.5 272.5 273.4 273.2 272.7 271.6 271.6 273.3 274.6 273.9 273.8 274.9 277.1 275.8 277.1 132 Beaufort Sea 272.5 271.3 270.3 270.7 273.2 273.4 272.9 273.1 273.7 275.3 275.2 274.9 274.7 273.3 272.6 273.2 272.7 272.0 273.1 273.5 274.7 275.9 276.6 277.4 277.4 276.3 275.7 275.8 276.5 276.8 279.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.2 257.1 256.8 258.1 258.3 256.8 256.4 256.6 257.9 259.4 261.4 261.9 262.0 261.9 261.2 262.4 262.9 263.6 263.1 262.9 263.2 264.0 266.5 268.4 269.3 269.8 270.7 270.4 271.6 271.9 271.5 136 Foxe Basin 256.8 256.1 256.7 255.8 254.7 253.3 255.8 259.3 260.2 261.7 264.2 263.1 263.8 265.8 267.2 265.3 263.5 265.1 263.6 264.2 264.5 264.8 264.8 266.0 266.8 267.3 266.9 267.3 268.3 269.3 269.8 138 Baffin Bay 245.9 248.4 251.4 252.5 254.0 255.6 256.5 257.9 260.4 260.4 259.5 260.5 261.6 263.1 263.5 261.9 261.6 262.0 262.2 261.4 262.1 262.0 262.4 261.4 259.5 259.4 259.6 260.1 261.6 262.3 262.0 139 South Greenland 260.4 259.0 259.2 259.6 260.1 261.7 262.8 264.6 266.9 269.5 270.7 269.9 269.6 268.9 268.7 268.2 267.1 266.5 265.9 265.6 266.1 265.8 265.3 265.7 265.5 264.8 263.2 262.5 261.8 262.3 262.9 140 Greenland Sea 251.2 254.3 259.1 259.3 260.2 261.8 260.7 261.8 262.8 265.8 266.2 264.9 264.1 264.3 263.9 262.8 261.9 261.9 263.2 261.3 260.8 261.3 261.8 261.9 260.4 260.0 260.1 260.8 261.9 262.5 262.9 142 Norwegian Sea 275.0 275.7 276.6 276.1 277.0 277.8 278.4 278.4 278.9 279.6 280.0 279.5 277.3 274.8 274.8 276.0 276.7 277.3 275.9 274.9 275.3 274.3 273.9 276.4 279.0 278.9 277.9 279.3 279.7 280.2 281.7 144 Barents Sea 273.7 274.1 275.7 276.5 277.7 276.9 275.7 275.2 276.4 271.1 270.9 272.3 273.1 272.2 271.6 271.8 273.4 274.5 275.8 276.3 276.3 277.0 279.9 281.3 277.7 276.0 276.7 276.2 275.3 276.6 280.1 146 Kara Sea 267.8 268.7 270.0 270.6 271.0 271.6 271.7 271.1 272.7 272.6 271.4 271.8 273.4 275.7 276.6 276.4 277.8 279.4 279.0 278.4 278.7 280.1 280.5 281.4 280.8 281.1 280.6 279.7 279.7 279.1 278.3 148 Laptev Sea 264.0 263.5 263.3 265.2 266.0 267.6 269.2 269.6 270.5 272.2 273.8 272.8 270.6 270.3 270.8 272.1 273.8 273.9 275.0 276.3 275.6 275.1 275.1 276.3 275.3 274.5 274.0 274.5 273.3 272.9 273.6 150 East Siberian Sea 268.3 269.1 269.7 267.2 267.6 266.6 266.6 266.6 267.8 266.7 265.7 267.6 270.8 270.5 271.1 271.5 270.4 270.0 270.8 271.9 272.9 273.2 272.2 271.5 272.5 273.8 274.4 274.6 274.0 272.6 275.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.9 271.3 271.6 272.2 273.3 272.5 273.7 273.5 274.0 275.7 278.3 277.7 277.3 276.1 275.1 274.8 274.9 274.5 275.2 275.3 275.5 275.7 275.0 275.6 275.5 275.6 276.2 275.6 275.9 276.1 277.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.4 270.2 271.2 272.0 272.6 273.6 274.7 273.8 272.7 275.4 277.8 276.9 277.2 275.9 275.2 275.6 277.4 276.1 276.0 275.9 276.7 276.9 277.0 279.6 280.6 279.8 280.7 281.1 280.7 279.6 280.9