Where would maritime polar air masses most likely come from?
a. the north atlantic
b. canadian rocky mountains
c. the south pacific
d. mid-west u. s. plains

Maritime polar air masses most likely come from "a. the North Atlantic," since it is primarily the melting of the polar ice caps that brings both cold water and cold winds. 

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