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**Results** show that:
- Fig. 1: the mean Atlantic OHT increases north of 60N in all experiments (with a more pronounced increase in the case of the North Atlantic experiment), decreases south of 60N in the 'wider domain' experiments (North Atlantic, northern North Atlantic, North Pacific and Northeastern Pacific) and increases south of 60N in the BSO and Bering Strait experiments;
- Fig. 2: the spatial extent of the SST increase follows the domain used for the SST restoring, with a larger spatial extent in the SST experiments with the larger domain; also, the spatial distribution of the SST increase (averaged over 50 years) is not solely restricted to the North Pacific in the Pacific SST experiments (bottom row);
- Fig. 3: the Arctic sea-ice area decreases in all experiments, with a much more pronounced decrease in the 2 wider domain experiments (North Atlantic and North Pacific experiments; the decrease is quantitatively similar in these 2 experiments); the sea-ice area decrease in the Bering Strait experiment is stronger than in the northeastern Pacific experiment;
- Figs. 3 and 4: the Arctic sea-ice area and volume decrease in all experiments, with a much more pronounced decrease in the 2 wide domain experiments (North Atlantic and North Pacific experiments; the decrease is quantitatively similar in these 2 experiments); the sea-ice area decrease in the Bering Strait experiment is stronger than in the northeastern Pacific experiment;
- Fig. 5: the total OHT through all Arctic straits increases in all experiments, again with a much more pronounced increase in the 2 wide domain experiments; the OHT increase in the Bering Strait experiment is stronger than in the northeastern Pacific experiment, in agreement with the sea-ice area/volume results;
- Fig. 6:
![OHT_50yrs_APSST](uploads/da02abde0371b6180cb9c4382901c44b/OHT_50yrs_APSST.png)
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**Fig. 2: Maps of difference in mean SST, averaged over 50 years, between the Atlantic (top row) / Pacific (bottom) experiments and the control run**
![SIA_Cycle_APSST](uploads/d5074ff3a3a773ad7c088b81e09009d0/SIA_Cycle_APSST.png)
**Fig. 3: Mean seasonal cycle of Arctic sea-ice area (SIA), averaged over 50 years, for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (left panel) and 3 Pacific (right panel) experiments; the numbers in brackets are the differences in mean SIA in March/September between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
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**Fig. 3: Mean seasonal cycle of Arctic sea-ice area (SIA), averaged over 50 years, for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (left panel) and 3 Pacific (right panel) experiments; the numbers in brackets are the differences in mean SIA in March/September between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
![SIV_Cycle_APSST](uploads/c609ff0675cf72011fe1c4e34f8fd775/SIV_Cycle_APSST.png)
**Fig. 4: Mean seasonal cycle of Arctic sea-ice volume (SIV), averaged over 50 years, for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (left panel) and 3 Pacific (right panel) experiments; the numbers in brackets are the differences in mean SIV in March/September between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
![OHT_Total_timeseries_APSST](uploads/f22328b60f6cb40f7fc2ed64964ea344/OHT_Total_timeseries_APSST.png)
**Fig. 5: Time series of total ocean heat transport (OHT) through all Arctic straits for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (top panel) and 3 Pacific (bottom panel) experiments; the number in brackets is the difference in mean OHT between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
![OHT_BSO_timeseries_APSST](uploads/c9b8a2b9bae814b34c616332c1506da7/OHT_BSO_timeseries_APSST.png)
**Fig. 6: Time series of ocean heat transport (OHT) at the Barents Sea Opening (BSO) for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (top panel) and 3 Pacific (bottom panel) experiments; the number in brackets is the difference in mean OHT between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
![OHT_Bering_timeseries_APSST](uploads/1869dad1863fa8f53d92cf984e9763b4/OHT_Bering_timeseries_APSST.png)
**Fig. 7: Time series of ocean heat transport (OHT) at the Bering Strait for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (top panel) and 3 Pacific (bottom panel) experiments; the number in brackets is the difference in mean OHT between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
![OHT_Fram_timeseries_APSST](uploads/686929d6f8de4aa459cbaa670882f500/OHT_Fram_timeseries_APSST.png)
**Fig. 8: Time series of ocean heat transport (OHT) at the Fram Strait for the control run and the 3 Atlantic (top panel) and 3 Pacific (bottom panel) experiments; the number in brackets is the difference in mean OHT between the experiment and the control (CTRL)**
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