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Extents expanded rapidly during the last 12 days of October through yesterday, especially on the Eurasian side. At the top center Laptev Sea fills in completely, and to the left East Siberian Sea is also growing solid ice toward East Asia. Kara sea on the right is growing fast ice from the shore outward, while Barents Sea fills in from the central Arctic.
The graph compares extents over the 28 days of October.
2017 has surpassed 8.1M km2, close to the 10 year average, and 700k km2 more than 2012. 2007 lags 925k km2 lower than 2017, while 2016 is 1M km2 behind. At this point MASIE and SII are showing similar ice gains in October, tracking the 10-year average.
The Table below shows where ice is located on day 301 in regions of the Arctic ocean. 10 year average comes from 2007 through 2016…
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