Hydrographic and tracer data from 2002 illustrate Atlantic water pathways and
variability in the Mendeleev Ridge and Chukchi Borderland (CBLMR) region of the
Arctic Ocean. Thermohaline double diffusive intrusions (zigzags) dominate both the Fram
Strait (FSBW) and Barents Sea Branch Waters (BSBW) in the region. We show that
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Pacific winter waters, a major source of nutrients and buoyancy to the Arctic Ocean, are thought to ventilate the Arctic's lower halocline either by injection (isopycnal or penetrative) of cold saline shelf waters, or by cooling and freshening Atlantic waters upwelled onto the shelf. Although ventilation at salinity (S) >...