Click for high-resolution image. —Credit: National Snow and Ice Data Center About these images Sea ice data updated daily, with one-day lag. Orange line in extent image (left) and gray [...]
Arctic sea ice extent remained unusually low through December, especially in the Barents and Kara seas. In sharp contrast to the past two winters, the winter of 2011 has so [...]
Arctic sea ice continued its winter expansion, although ice growth slowed briefly in early November. The slowdown may have been related to a strong Arctic storm that tracked from the [...]