NSIDC Total Area as at 02-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 3,133,104 KM2 Total Area 3,133,104 km2 -669,653 km2 < 2010's average. -538,917 km2 < 2019 -1,506,482 km2 < 2000's average. Total Change 29 k gain Peripheral Seas 7 k gain Central Seas___ 21 k gain Peripheral Seas Okhotsk______ 2 k gain Bering _______ 2 k gain Hudson Bay___ 0 k gain Baffin Bay____ 1 k gain St Lawrence___ - k loss Greenland____ 1 k gain Barents ______ 1 k gain Central Arctic Ocean Seas Chukchi______ -1 k loss Beaufort_____ 18 k gain CAA_________ -4 k loss East Siberian__ -8 k loss Central Arctic_ 15 k gain Laptev_______ -0 k loss Kara_________ -0 k loss
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Sea ice area gain on this day 29 k, 21 k less than the 2010's average gain of 50 k
- 2020 area is at position #2 in the satellite record.
- 2020 Area is 670 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 Area is 1,506 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 Area is 533 k less than 2016
- 2020 Area is 539 k less than 2019
- 2020 Area is 203 k more than 2012
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NSIDC Total EXTENT as at 02-Oct-2020 (5 day trailing average) 4,341,494 KM2 NSIDC Sea ice EXTENT gain on this day 50 k, 17 k less than the 2010's average gain of 67k
- 2020 EXTENT is at position #2 in the satellite record.
- 2020 EXTENT is 756 k less than the 2010's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 1,652 k less than the 2000's average
- 2020 EXTENT is 875 k less than 2016
- 2020 EXTENT is 369 k less than 2019
- 2020 EXTENT is 352 k more than 2012
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Looks like area might be lowest in the satellite record after a few days
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