First it was the Laptev fast ice, then the ESS fast ice, and then some adjacent pack ice that went blue over the past week or so. Now, under the relentless sun and warm winds of the past few days. it looks to my eye that almost the entire Laptev and East Siberian seas, up to 800 km from their shores, are beginning to take on a bluish tinge. The Chukchi ice, where it is not already a muddy gray, is following suit. The Worldview image attached from today has not been altered. The blue is subtle -- I hope it is not just happening in my head. The rest of the Arctic Ocean ice looks really white still, but be aware most of what we see in this image is clouds, not ice.