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From: Holocene polynya dynamics and their interaction with oceanic heat transport in northernmost Baffin Bay

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Study area and satellite imagery of the North Water Polynya. (a) Geographical location of the North Water Polynya (NOW) and sediment cores (yellow stars) in northernmost Baffin Bay (BB) south of Nares Strait (NS). Regional warm (red) and cold (blue) ocean currents include BIC Baffin Island Current, WGC West Greenland Current, IC Irminger Current, EGC East Greenland Current. Insert (b) Satellite image (MODIS; NASA worldview) of the NOW region on the 26 May 2008 and central (CASQ1) and peripheral (117Q) core sites and the location of the CTD transects from 1928 (red) and 2015 (blue) in Fig. 2.

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