1972 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 269.5 269.7 269.3 268.9 268.9 268.9 269.9 271.1 271.2 271.5 271.8 272.2 272.9 273.5 273.5 273.0 272.9 273.2 273.6 273.9 274.6 274.5 273.9 274.1 274.5 275.1 275.6 276.2 276.5 276.7 276.7 34 Hudson Bay 272.0 273.2 273.6 273.4 272.2 270.3 270.5 272.6 274.5 276.2 277.4 278.3 278.2 279.4 280.9 281.0 279.8 280.2 281.1 282.0 282.4 283.7 282.7 281.9 282.2 283.7 283.3 281.4 280.5 279.6 281.6 36 Hudson Strait 255.8 260.4 263.2 266.3 268.7 267.0 265.7 265.8 263.8 264.7 266.0 267.1 267.8 269.2 267.9 272.3 271.3 266.6 267.7 272.1 268.7 267.5 266.6 266.7 269.6 273.1 274.1 271.5 271.9 269.0 269.2 98 Bering Strait 269.8 270.0 269.3 269.8 271.5 272.9 274.5 274.5 273.4 271.4 269.3 270.7 272.4 271.9 270.2 270.0 271.5 272.3 273.0 271.6 271.8 271.8 271.9 272.6 273.5 274.5 274.9 278.7 277.6 276.5 275.9 128 Arctic subocean 254.5 255.7 257.6 256.8 256.5 257.2 257.2 258.6 259.5 260.1 258.9 259.3 259.9 261.7 262.3 262.7 263.1 262.6 261.1 261.7 261.7 263.4 263.0 261.6 261.1 261.6 264.6 264.5 261.6 262.9 265.7 130 Chukchi Sea 268.2 267.7 265.4 266.3 269.2 271.5 271.6 270.4 270.4 270.1 269.8 272.6 272.6 271.5 268.2 269.8 268.9 268.1 267.0 266.4 267.4 269.5 272.1 273.1 273.5 274.5 274.8 276.8 273.9 274.2 274.5 132 Beaufort Sea 271.0 272.3 272.8 271.5 270.9 272.0 274.2 276.8 275.7 273.9 272.1 272.5 274.8 273.8 271.2 270.4 272.4 273.8 276.3 278.5 280.5 277.7 273.9 274.3 274.1 276.4 279.1 281.4 282.9 281.7 279.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.3 261.8 262.7 262.0 261.4 262.2 263.6 264.4 263.6 262.8 261.1 259.7 260.9 262.7 263.3 262.4 261.0 262.2 262.8 264.7 263.7 263.4 265.4 267.6 268.7 268.2 267.1 267.4 267.8 267.8 267.1 136 Foxe Basin 263.5 265.0 265.0 262.8 263.4 264.2 263.2 262.0 262.0 264.0 265.3 265.0 263.6 258.6 260.3 266.0 265.0 262.0 261.5 261.7 260.2 261.7 262.2 266.7 270.7 271.2 270.6 266.6 267.5 267.9 267.7 138 Baffin Bay 261.5 261.2 261.5 259.5 258.9 258.1 260.1 261.0 261.7 261.7 263.0 264.4 264.7 265.4 264.3 263.0 260.5 260.1 261.1 262.1 263.4 265.4 266.1 265.7 264.7 263.0 262.9 262.0 261.1 263.2 264.8 139 South Greenland 264.6 264.9 263.5 262.3 262.4 262.4 263.9 265.7 265.9 267.4 268.3 268.8 268.1 265.7 264.4 263.9 264.7 263.8 263.8 264.6 266.4 267.6 268.5 269.6 270.0 269.8 267.5 266.2 266.3 266.4 265.6 140 Greenland Sea 261.1 261.5 259.6 258.6 256.6 257.0 262.1 264.5 265.4 266.4 266.5 267.2 266.7 266.7 265.8 264.8 263.6 262.8 262.9 263.7 264.6 268.1 268.7 266.9 265.7 262.0 261.1 261.9 260.8 263.3 265.2 142 Norwegian Sea 275.4 276.9 277.7 278.1 276.3 277.0 278.3 277.1 276.7 277.0 277.1 275.1 275.2 276.0 276.4 277.0 278.6 280.2 279.9 279.6 280.8 279.4 278.0 278.9 279.0 278.6 278.6 278.2 276.2 277.0 276.9 144 Barents Sea 269.6 269.9 270.2 270.3 272.6 270.5 272.2 269.8 267.9 269.5 271.1 271.5 271.4 271.6 271.8 273.2 272.9 273.7 274.6 277.7 281.1 281.5 277.4 275.6 277.2 278.6 279.1 280.4 281.1 280.6 279.8 146 Kara Sea 274.3 271.6 269.0 268.8 269.2 270.4 271.9 273.9 274.0 274.6 275.7 276.2 278.1 278.9 277.9 275.8 275.2 275.8 275.2 273.8 274.2 274.4 275.7 276.9 277.0 276.6 277.9 279.8 281.3 282.3 281.5 148 Laptev Sea 268.1 270.5 271.6 270.6 270.2 269.3 269.3 269.2 269.2 269.4 269.4 268.8 268.6 270.3 273.3 273.9 274.6 274.6 275.6 276.6 276.6 274.7 271.8 271.1 272.4 273.8 273.4 273.1 273.2 274.5 275.3 150 East Siberian Sea 267.7 268.1 269.2 268.7 268.4 268.1 267.1 268.5 270.3 271.3 271.7 272.0 271.8 272.5 273.5 273.2 274.1 272.9 272.0 270.8 274.1 272.1 271.3 271.3 270.3 270.8 271.6 272.1 272.5 272.9 273.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.4 271.8 272.7 274.1 275.0 275.8 278.1 278.0 277.6 275.0 272.8 272.6 273.2 273.0 272.7 272.2 272.9 273.0 274.6 274.6 273.7 273.0 272.7 273.8 274.7 275.0 277.0 279.9 278.5 279.1 277.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.4 273.7 274.1 274.1 273.9 274.8 275.1 275.9 274.6 274.6 273.7 273.7 274.5 274.7 274.2 272.9 273.4 274.4 274.4 272.5 271.7 273.8 274.6 275.6 275.6 275.5 276.8 277.9 275.6 277.4 277.0