And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. Genesis 10:18 KJV
The water column in Nares Strait is characterized by cold and fresh Polar Water (PW) in the upper 50–100 m with warmer and more saline modified Atlantic Water (AW) below, separated by a strong halocline (Johnson et al., 2011; Münchow et al., 2014).