The sea ports along the Newfoundland in Canada are frozen during the winter while the ports of Murmansk in Barents Sea remains ice free all the year round. This is so because
1) Newfoundland lies at a higher latitude than Murmansk.
2) The presence of North Atlantic Drift in the Barents Sea.
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Explanation:
The Barents Sea ) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.
The southern half of the Barents Sea, including the ports of Murmansk (Russia) and Vardø (Norway) remain ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic drift.