After several days of stalling (or even small upticks), NSIDC sea ice extent values are seriously dropping again:
2017, 07, 21, 7.243
2017, 07, 22, 7.289
2017, 07, 23, 7.327
2017, 07, 24, 7.242
2017, 07, 25, 7.150
2017, 07, 26, 7.125
2017, 07, 27, 7.005
2017, 07, 28, 6.810