Total ice extent and area can make large swing in this transition to the melting season. The current positive swing (positive means numbers are going up) are mainly caused by ice in the regions of Okhotsk, St-Lawrence, Bering and Greenland Sea, all very peripheral.
Here is the Sea of Okhotsk region, rendered at 6.25 km to reduce image size, compared with 2015. Last year the ice cover was exceptionally low, now it is average.
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