1975 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 251.9 251.2 250.3 250.1 249.5 249.5 249.6 250.0 250.0 249.8 248.8 248.3 248.2 248.9 249.0 250.4 251.5 252.6 251.9 251.2 249.9 249.7 249.8 249.8 250.0 250.5 250.0 249.8 249.8 248.7 247.9 34 Hudson Bay 259.0 262.5 261.7 258.6 255.0 255.6 257.1 256.6 256.7 255.2 255.2 253.7 249.0 248.4 247.9 247.0 248.2 251.7 246.7 247.0 246.0 249.0 252.7 252.3 251.6 250.0 248.1 247.0 245.7 245.8 247.6 36 Hudson Strait 245.2 246.0 251.8 259.5 253.5 249.8 253.4 246.3 245.7 252.3 251.1 259.3 260.4 249.8 241.1 242.5 242.7 241.4 245.2 240.9 240.8 242.1 241.7 241.2 241.2 243.4 241.8 240.4 236.3 237.1 238.7 98 Bering Strait 246.7 244.1 241.8 240.3 240.0 240.7 241.1 244.0 244.0 243.9 243.6 244.7 243.8 244.7 245.0 251.6 253.9 259.7 260.3 258.3 257.0 258.4 257.6 256.0 258.6 265.2 262.1 260.3 259.8 256.4 252.2 128 Arctic subocean 232.5 233.7 238.2 239.6 236.8 236.5 240.0 240.5 235.6 234.2 232.6 233.2 235.8 241.5 243.0 239.8 240.2 238.8 237.1 238.8 237.7 236.3 237.4 236.4 234.7 235.5 238.5 238.5 239.9 240.2 240.8 130 Chukchi Sea 238.9 240.3 237.2 239.9 241.9 246.9 245.2 246.3 246.6 245.3 241.9 240.6 241.2 241.6 241.5 244.4 245.1 247.3 248.1 245.5 249.1 252.7 255.5 254.3 256.8 264.1 261.2 263.2 253.5 250.5 259.8 132 Beaufort Sea 262.4 256.2 252.9 248.6 244.4 243.4 242.8 241.9 240.9 240.7 239.3 242.5 244.5 243.8 245.2 247.8 250.7 251.9 255.8 256.4 255.5 256.7 256.0 255.5 255.0 254.6 254.2 252.4 252.0 249.8 245.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.9 246.5 242.7 241.2 240.1 238.2 237.6 238.7 237.5 235.2 234.3 231.7 230.1 234.0 235.1 233.2 232.3 231.9 233.3 232.0 235.1 236.6 236.8 238.9 238.2 236.0 233.4 236.0 236.9 237.3 239.8 136 Foxe Basin 240.9 244.1 250.3 247.2 250.2 246.3 242.8 237.7 239.3 244.1 239.3 246.2 249.3 233.8 229.0 233.7 231.7 230.3 231.2 232.2 233.3 234.3 234.4 233.2 232.9 233.8 234.2 234.2 237.9 236.1 242.7 138 Baffin Bay 231.4 231.9 234.8 236.8 237.2 242.4 246.1 242.7 238.2 237.6 234.8 235.6 239.7 245.1 244.5 242.0 240.1 239.1 238.9 240.8 240.3 241.2 241.0 239.7 239.3 241.5 242.2 242.0 245.3 243.7 244.6 139 South Greenland 241.1 239.0 239.8 243.7 246.1 248.9 248.6 246.3 243.9 244.2 244.2 241.4 242.7 246.3 245.9 246.0 246.3 245.9 247.2 249.8 250.4 249.3 248.3 247.3 246.1 247.8 246.2 247.9 248.6 249.0 249.5 140 Greenland Sea 239.7 239.0 242.1 243.2 240.4 239.2 241.4 242.3 237.1 233.5 234.6 233.2 232.6 238.4 242.6 242.0 241.0 240.3 239.3 240.5 239.4 241.2 241.2 240.4 239.1 240.9 242.4 245.6 248.7 248.0 245.2 142 Norwegian Sea 272.6 275.6 273.5 270.1 271.3 268.9 267.1 265.6 267.2 267.4 266.9 268.6 270.5 272.4 274.4 273.7 269.7 267.4 267.6 269.9 272.6 272.3 271.7 271.9 270.9 270.0 271.5 271.8 272.5 271.0 272.4 144 Barents Sea 260.6 259.6 262.4 267.4 264.1 261.0 258.8 256.2 254.0 253.8 252.1 250.8 250.8 256.2 262.6 270.2 271.0 267.1 261.9 258.4 259.0 262.8 267.2 266.4 266.5 266.5 265.0 263.9 264.4 261.7 260.5 146 Kara Sea 256.0 255.3 254.3 255.4 257.2 257.8 258.7 260.4 261.0 259.8 257.4 255.9 256.5 256.7 255.2 256.3 258.6 259.1 258.3 257.2 252.9 250.5 250.8 252.8 254.3 254.6 255.3 255.7 255.5 253.5 251.6 148 Laptev Sea 249.6 247.7 244.0 243.4 243.6 243.2 241.7 242.9 245.3 246.5 245.7 245.8 246.1 245.0 245.7 247.3 248.0 250.2 250.2 248.7 248.0 245.0 241.7 240.1 239.7 239.1 239.6 240.2 241.6 241.4 240.1 150 East Siberian Sea 238.3 239.2 241.3 237.9 237.6 236.8 235.9 238.7 239.3 242.3 244.2 242.6 242.7 247.9 247.8 245.9 244.7 246.6 245.9 245.0 243.6 243.1 243.6 243.4 243.4 243.6 243.2 239.9 239.3 241.7 241.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 258.2 255.7 252.0 251.0 251.3 249.4 248.5 250.1 253.0 255.1 257.9 259.8 259.7 259.7 265.0 270.2 270.4 271.0 271.7 269.6 268.7 270.7 268.5 267.6 267.2 269.1 267.5 268.3 266.8 262.1 256.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 243.3 245.2 245.7 244.1 240.9 245.4 246.8 248.8 250.8 253.5 261.1 256.1 249.4 247.7 252.8 267.2 267.5 271.3 270.7 266.6 269.4 271.5 266.0 262.6 265.0 272.2 269.9 272.2 267.9 263.5 262.0