A detailed thermal structure in the eastern Bering Sea is described, based on data obtained by the training ship Oshoro Maru during the summers of 1964, 1965, and 1966. The description is based on the movement of extremely cold water over the continental shelf in the eastern Bering Sea and on the intrusions of warm water mainly across the Amukta and Amchitka passes. Some of the tendency of decrease and increase of temperature is also presented in a vertical section. The typical feature of vertical temperature distribution is mostly represented by five stratified thermal layers.
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