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Arctic region currents

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Map of the Arctic Circle with arrows drawn in the ocean to indicate the direction of currents and gyres.
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Detailed Description

Arctic region currents. Blue currents are cold, relatively fresh water. Red currents are warm salty water. In the Arctic Ocean, the salt content of the warm currents makes them denser, so they flow below the fresher cold currents.

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© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, J. Cook. Used with permission.