I'm sorry, but is not this gif, especially in conjunction with your earlier gif "Where the cracks originating from Beaufort and those from the Fram Exit meet" signs that things are really coming undone!!? I'm trying to get a sense of what some of you veterans here are really thinking and feeling. It seems that the ice north of Greenland and CAA breaking up and moving like that is just crazy for anytime of the year.
In my opinion things are not really "coming undone". Mobile ice and cracks over large parts of the Arctic in spring is not unusual, at least for the last few years. First signs of surface melting have been seen, but if you check this thread, in 2015 there were unmistakable signs of surface melting at 11 May. We are certainly not weeks ahead of schedule. What stands out this year is the continuing Beaufort Gyre and the amount of open water that has come with it. The remainder of the ice in the Arctic Basin (where the ice is that can survive summer) seems to be in a shape cot unlike last few years.
At this point, if the Arctic is to endure brutal melting summer weather, a dramatic low September ice cover may result. But that was probably also true for 2013, 2014 and 2015, at this day of year.
For the rest I have a daily look at the data and the ice maps and report what I thing is noteworthy, or unusual. The reason for the darkening seen in these animations is still not explained to my liking. Note that the darkening may look dramatic, but it is not albedo because that is not what is measured here. It is ice concentration, computed from surface microwave emissions and I increase the contrast in these animations considerably.