1975 10 - 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 272.0 271.8 271.5 270.9 270.0 269.1 268.5 268.7 268.3 267.9 268.2 268.4 268.0 267.6 267.8 267.3 267.4 267.0 266.9 265.7 265.0 264.7 264.3 263.1 261.9 261.1 260.8 261.0 261.5 262.1 261.8 34 Hudson Bay 275.5 277.5 278.2 278.1 278.7 274.9 273.0 272.7 274.4 273.9 274.5 276.0 274.5 271.3 272.5 272.4 273.9 275.8 277.8 275.6 273.3 272.1 271.2 270.6 270.1 268.8 268.0 265.5 265.1 268.5 269.4 36 Hudson Strait 274.6 272.2 268.6 268.8 269.7 274.5 267.9 267.9 268.4 268.5 271.5 269.7 273.5 272.6 272.0 271.3 270.9 270.3 270.7 272.9 273.0 272.0 271.9 270.6 272.4 275.3 270.7 271.0 267.0 265.3 263.9 98 Bering Strait 271.4 270.5 272.0 270.9 269.5 267.9 266.9 267.5 263.7 262.9 266.3 267.1 267.1 266.7 267.9 266.3 264.6 264.4 263.5 263.1 263.5 264.5 264.7 268.6 267.3 262.2 260.4 258.8 254.5 253.5 252.3 128 Arctic subocean 254.5 254.4 254.0 250.9 247.5 251.8 254.3 254.9 260.6 253.9 249.2 247.9 247.6 248.1 244.8 242.7 246.5 253.6 254.3 249.2 248.5 256.2 260.6 255.3 249.6 248.7 248.2 247.8 250.6 254.7 253.9 130 Chukchi Sea 268.0 269.0 268.7 268.2 268.0 268.7 268.2 266.2 266.6 264.3 264.0 264.6 261.2 260.4 262.3 261.9 259.7 262.1 263.3 263.9 264.7 261.6 265.3 264.0 261.9 262.7 264.2 257.3 255.2 254.4 255.3 132 Beaufort Sea 275.6 275.6 275.4 274.8 271.3 269.0 267.2 267.1 267.7 267.9 268.5 266.6 267.1 269.4 267.9 269.4 270.8 268.4 268.2 267.5 266.6 265.9 264.2 264.6 263.4 260.8 258.6 257.6 257.5 257.1 259.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.3 259.9 259.6 257.6 255.0 255.4 257.5 259.8 259.3 259.6 259.4 256.9 253.8 257.8 259.4 257.2 258.7 262.4 262.9 263.6 264.3 264.3 263.1 261.0 258.3 256.2 256.2 255.3 254.5 251.7 249.7 136 Foxe Basin 266.1 265.4 265.8 266.0 265.8 266.7 268.2 266.2 266.4 267.0 267.6 266.8 266.7 266.6 267.9 268.8 269.0 268.8 268.6 268.0 268.6 267.1 266.1 266.7 266.7 267.6 268.7 268.8 265.1 260.2 260.2 138 Baffin Bay 255.0 255.6 254.3 255.8 255.8 258.4 258.7 264.2 262.2 255.9 252.0 252.1 252.1 252.3 252.0 250.7 250.2 251.0 252.9 251.5 250.5 255.3 259.9 257.9 253.2 253.3 252.8 255.9 259.3 257.6 254.5 139 South Greenland 259.4 259.6 260.8 262.9 261.3 260.7 262.5 267.0 267.8 266.1 263.9 260.4 257.4 256.0 257.7 258.3 258.8 259.5 260.0 258.8 259.4 262.4 264.7 262.9 259.4 258.2 259.0 261.2 260.9 259.2 258.6 140 Greenland Sea 254.4 254.3 253.2 254.8 254.5 254.0 254.5 260.1 262.7 255.7 248.6 247.7 246.6 246.6 246.6 243.3 242.0 244.3 249.2 247.6 245.2 248.9 256.7 256.5 249.0 249.2 247.6 250.6 253.9 253.6 252.3 142 Norwegian Sea 280.2 278.2 277.4 277.0 278.2 277.0 276.5 274.8 273.8 274.6 276.8 277.5 276.8 276.0 276.7 277.7 276.4 272.9 275.1 276.4 276.3 275.7 275.5 276.0 278.9 279.1 275.8 273.7 274.9 272.4 272.3 144 Barents Sea 276.5 277.2 276.8 274.3 272.1 272.4 273.0 272.5 270.2 270.0 270.9 272.5 272.6 271.0 271.3 271.6 273.2 273.4 270.9 269.5 270.5 269.5 269.3 267.2 270.9 271.8 268.9 266.1 265.0 264.3 263.8 146 Kara Sea 277.2 275.8 274.5 273.0 272.7 272.8 272.5 271.3 270.4 271.2 272.7 274.1 273.9 272.9 271.8 270.5 270.4 268.5 268.2 266.6 265.8 264.9 263.4 260.8 259.5 261.3 264.2 266.6 267.7 268.3 266.0 148 Laptev Sea 270.7 271.7 271.9 272.2 270.5 267.3 266.6 267.0 266.7 265.6 264.9 264.6 266.6 268.0 269.1 268.5 267.3 265.6 264.5 264.1 261.8 260.7 259.3 256.9 257.0 254.7 252.2 252.7 256.9 259.0 262.5 150 East Siberian Sea 270.0 267.5 267.1 266.7 267.9 268.9 267.8 266.9 264.2 265.4 265.5 264.5 261.7 260.9 261.5 263.4 263.3 263.0 260.0 257.8 258.4 258.2 257.9 260.3 258.5 255.2 254.5 254.6 255.4 257.8 256.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.1 275.0 276.5 275.4 274.0 272.5 271.8 272.4 269.9 271.5 274.8 276.0 275.0 274.7 274.1 274.0 272.1 271.4 270.2 269.4 270.7 271.3 273.1 272.8 270.4 267.2 264.8 264.3 261.7 259.3 257.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.4 274.8 273.6 272.2 271.7 271.4 271.8 271.8 267.7 274.6 277.2 277.5 274.8 274.1 274.4 273.4 270.3 269.3 268.0 267.6 273.9 274.9 275.5 273.9 269.5 265.9 266.4 266.0 257.2 254.0 251.6