1989 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 271.8 271.6 271.5 271.8 271.6 271.3 271.3 271.0 269.6 269.0 268.6 267.4 266.3 265.8 266.3 265.9 265.2 265.9 265.8 265.6 265.2 264.7 263.8 263.6 263.3 262.4 261.2 261.2 260.9 260.4 259.9 34 Hudson Bay 275.5 272.7 272.6 275.8 277.0 274.1 273.4 274.9 276.1 276.2 277.3 276.6 274.3 271.9 269.9 268.4 267.9 270.9 273.9 273.3 274.8 276.0 274.4 272.6 273.3 273.6 271.2 270.9 271.2 268.1 264.5 36 Hudson Strait 271.4 270.4 273.4 272.8 272.2 270.6 269.3 269.7 270.0 268.8 272.1 272.8 274.1 272.1 269.1 265.8 263.9 265.2 269.1 272.4 270.2 267.3 265.0 270.0 269.6 268.9 269.2 261.6 261.1 268.6 267.8 98 Bering Strait 273.0 273.7 271.1 271.0 271.9 271.1 271.5 270.6 268.6 267.4 265.9 265.7 263.0 263.5 267.0 268.3 266.2 266.9 267.8 267.7 262.8 259.9 260.5 265.1 261.9 258.5 257.5 260.6 262.0 258.6 256.6 128 Arctic subocean 261.0 259.7 256.1 254.4 253.9 253.7 252.7 251.7 252.9 255.7 253.1 253.4 256.7 255.8 252.4 249.4 247.6 247.2 245.6 247.0 249.4 249.0 249.1 245.4 242.8 241.9 243.5 243.7 240.9 243.3 243.1 130 Chukchi Sea 272.9 273.2 272.2 272.7 272.3 271.4 271.3 269.3 267.5 266.7 266.4 268.9 269.5 268.0 270.3 268.6 266.1 264.8 266.9 267.6 261.6 260.5 263.5 264.3 260.8 259.4 257.6 257.2 258.7 259.4 258.5 132 Beaufort Sea 272.7 274.8 276.9 276.6 273.2 272.5 276.9 278.7 275.3 273.5 271.1 269.3 267.7 266.4 265.7 265.0 267.9 272.3 269.3 270.4 269.0 265.5 263.2 265.8 266.6 263.0 261.1 261.1 261.8 259.6 254.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.4 266.9 268.6 267.1 264.0 261.9 261.9 262.1 262.5 261.6 260.3 259.8 259.9 259.8 259.1 257.2 255.4 260.6 261.2 257.9 259.6 258.2 254.8 252.6 250.9 246.7 246.6 251.3 251.9 246.8 249.0 136 Foxe Basin 266.8 266.4 267.0 268.6 268.6 269.1 268.8 268.2 269.7 269.1 267.0 266.3 268.2 268.5 265.6 264.2 262.5 262.6 265.5 267.7 266.7 266.5 265.8 262.6 258.8 260.4 250.0 251.6 253.3 255.8 251.8 138 Baffin Bay 257.4 255.7 254.4 254.8 254.9 254.5 254.8 256.4 258.9 259.4 258.1 258.8 257.2 257.7 256.4 253.6 251.1 250.2 249.2 248.4 249.0 248.3 248.2 247.4 246.4 243.1 240.2 240.8 238.5 239.8 239.8 139 South Greenland 263.8 264.7 263.2 262.8 263.2 263.7 261.4 261.5 261.6 262.4 262.8 261.4 260.0 258.9 259.8 260.7 259.3 259.9 258.7 258.2 256.1 255.8 254.7 254.1 253.3 254.1 255.1 253.2 252.2 254.4 252.9 140 Greenland Sea 253.9 252.2 252.2 250.9 250.8 251.1 250.3 252.3 256.2 257.1 255.5 253.7 252.6 253.1 256.9 253.4 249.5 246.5 245.3 244.7 245.9 245.4 244.5 243.5 243.4 242.1 237.1 237.1 235.4 238.8 242.3 142 Norwegian Sea 276.5 275.8 276.4 277.5 277.2 277.0 276.8 276.2 275.3 274.7 273.5 273.6 274.3 273.7 273.3 273.8 274.8 275.7 275.7 276.4 277.6 277.7 277.1 275.7 275.7 275.5 274.7 274.4 274.8 275.2 275.0 144 Barents Sea 277.3 276.2 275.0 275.0 274.8 275.4 274.9 273.7 272.8 272.9 272.9 273.7 273.8 273.4 273.8 274.5 272.9 271.6 270.4 270.4 269.3 269.6 272.2 273.2 270.6 267.2 266.3 265.9 265.4 268.2 269.7 146 Kara Sea 274.9 275.1 275.7 276.5 276.7 277.0 276.8 276.2 274.2 272.9 270.7 267.9 268.0 270.0 273.2 273.6 272.7 272.1 271.0 271.0 271.3 269.5 266.9 266.0 267.1 268.7 268.1 266.8 265.8 265.0 263.8 148 Laptev Sea 271.6 271.8 270.0 269.5 269.5 271.1 270.5 268.5 264.1 263.3 266.9 266.5 262.8 259.1 257.8 259.1 259.0 257.8 257.4 257.1 257.6 261.5 262.5 261.1 259.3 256.7 254.9 255.3 254.7 256.2 261.1 150 East Siberian Sea 266.1 266.2 267.0 265.5 264.8 264.0 263.5 261.9 260.7 260.5 259.8 258.6 258.7 257.4 256.9 253.7 252.6 255.2 256.9 255.4 252.0 250.9 251.5 252.1 253.9 256.1 257.4 258.0 258.4 258.4 256.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.9 276.9 275.1 275.2 276.0 276.4 276.8 274.4 272.4 271.2 270.5 268.1 267.9 270.9 273.2 272.9 273.4 272.3 272.7 271.7 270.0 266.6 268.4 271.9 268.9 264.8 265.3 272.8 272.6 270.1 270.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.7 277.3 276.6 277.7 276.9 276.4 275.4 274.3 271.6 272.6 272.0 267.3 268.8 274.6 273.7 271.9 270.2 268.4 271.2 273.6 266.6 262.6 272.6 273.5 268.9 262.4 265.7 270.2 269.0 269.1 271.7