The animation shows Arctic ice extents on day 248 in 2007 (matching 14 year average), then the same day in 2019, 2020, and yesterday in 2021. Note that Hudson Bay upper left is open water, and below that Baffin Bay next to Greenland is also ice-free. In the center Canadian Archipelago holds a lot of ice, especially this year. Also unusual in 2021 is ice covering Svalbard lower right all the way to Europe mainland. Also upper right 2021 shows ice in Chukchi touching Russian coastline.
The graph above shows mid-August to mid-Sept daily ice extents for 2021 compared to 14 year averages, and some years of note. During the 17 days from August 18 to yesterday, the black line shows Arctic Ice extent declined on average by 1M km2 (1 Wadham). Meanwhile the cyan line shows MASIE 2021 ice extents lost only 171k km2, and Sea Ice Index (SII)…
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