The image above shows melting of Arctic sea ice extent over the first half of July 2022. As usual, on the extreme left of the image, the Pacific basins of Bering and Okhotsk seas are entirely open water. Meanwhile on the lower far right, Hudson Bay ice retreats from 600k km2 to 300k km2 from north to south. Note center right Hudson Strait opens up between Hudson Bay and Baffin Bay. At the top center Barents Sea is mostly open water, while Kara Sea upper left lost 200k km2 down to 29% of its last max. Center left Laptev has melted somewhat, but still retains 63% of its maximum ice extent. The central mass of Arctic ice is intact with some fluctuations back and forth, and as well as Beaufort Sea and CAA (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) were slow to melt in July, retaining 91% of maximum ice in each basin.
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