Sea ice extent in the Arctic region continues to run close to the 1979-2000 year average at this time. Thin, one-year ice continues to remain entrenched across a large part of the Bering Sea thanks in part to the bitterly cold winter and favorable winds into the early Spring. However, just because the sea ice extent is running near normal
Thanks to the positive phase of the Arctic Oscillation (AO) a large part of the Arctic region has seen a colder start to the winter compared to the last few seasons, as the +AO tends to lock the cold air up in the Arctic, preventing it from getting down into the middle latitudes. However, despite the change in the Arctic
Despite some opposite claims from the “unscientific” world, sea ice extent in the Arctic is still averaging well-below normal and in fact, October 2011 had the second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record for all Octobers going back to 1979, according to the folks at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. You can see the clear downward trend
The National Snow and Ice Data Center has just issued a special update on the Arctic sea ice extent. According to the NSIDC, sea ice extent in the Arctic may have reached its annual minimum as you can see by the latest sea ice anomaly chart below for 2011. Image courtesy of the NSIDC. If the minimum has indeed been
The June 2011 Arctic sea ice extent was the second lowest June on record, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center or NSIDC. The lowest extent on record occurred in June 2010. Records began in 1979. You can clearly see the downward trend of sea ice extent during the month of June going back to 1979. Image courtesy
Northern Hemispheric sea ice extent still running well below-normal. Sea ice in the northern hemisphere as a whole grew normally during the month of February, but February 2011 still ended up tied with February of 2005 for the lowest February extent on record, which goes back to 1979. These monthly updates are almost sounding like a broken record nowadays with
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