NSIDC Total AREA as at 17-Jan-2021 (5 day trailing average) 11,632,370 KM2 Total Area 11,632,370 km2 -256,803 km2 < 2010's average. -399,763 km2 < 2020 500,118 km2 > 2017 Total Change 63 k gain Peripheral Seas 41 k gain Central Seas___ 22 k gain Peripheral Seas Okhotsk______ 11 k gain Bering _______ 14 k gain Hudson Bay___ -11 k loss Baffin Bay____ 6 k gain St Lawrence___ 8 k gain Greenland____ -2 k loss Barents ______ 16 k gain Central Arctic Ocean Seas Chukchi______ -4 k loss Beaufort_____ 3 k gain CAA_________ -1 k loss East Siberian__ -4 k loss Central Arctic_ -2 k loss Laptev_______ 0 k gain Kara_________ 29 k gain
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Sea ice area gain on this day 63 k, 28 k more than the 2010's average gain of 35 k
- Area is at position #3 in the satellite record.
- Area is 257 k less than the 2010's average
- Area is 500 k more than 2017
- Area is 128 k less than 2016
- Area is 400 k less than 2020
- Area is 597 k less than 2012
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NSIDC Total EXTENT as at 17-Jan-2021 (5 day trailing average) 13,389,894 KM2 NSIDC Sea ice EXTENT gain on this day 97 k, 61 k more than the 2010's average gain of 36k
- EXTENT is at position #6 in the satellite record.
- EXTENT is 39 k more than the 2010's average
- EXTENT is 584 k more than 2017
- EXTENT is 20 k more than 2016
- EXTENT is 61 k less than 2020
- EXTENT is 230 k less than 2012
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strong daily area and extent gains starting to send extent and area down the rankings. ___________________________________________
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