Figure 2.

Locations sampled between late July and early September in 2012 ranging from the East Sea/Sea of Japan (1 and 2), across the North Pacific (3–8), the Bering Sea (9–12), the Chukchi Sea (A–F) and the High Arctic (G and H). The summer of 2012 was the year of record low sea ice extent allowing sampling in the High Arctic Sea. See supplementary data file for exact station locations and summary station data.