June 16-20.
2018.
Solstice.
Thanks, Aluminium! It is almost as if an invisible hand is pushing the ice away from Siberia and towards the Canadian/Alaskan coasts.
Random thoughts based on observing your animation.
---You can practically see that CAB ice is being forced into the Beaufort, helping dispersion of Beaufort ice there. So that may help settle one dispute.
--- The much-discussed CAA-CAB crack looks like it may be closing again. (As it has in prior years)
--- The general motion of the ice pack seems to favor continued export from the Fram and Nares Straits.
--- Open water from the Atlantic to the Laptev does not look all that far away if this continues (yikes)
--- It could all be different again next week.