| Best estimate | Forecast | 
 |  | 
| Arctic Deep Basin: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 22 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 32 | 47 | 35 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 25 | 53 | 3 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 1 | 17 | 81 | 198 | 785 | 7186 | 28088 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 56 | 106 | 165 | 212 | 781 | 7188 | 28088 |  | 
 | Queen Elisabeth Islands: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 141 | 258 | 2080 | 621 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 141 | 258 | 2080 | 621 |  | 
 | Beaufort Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 2803 | 7008 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 2803 | 7008 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 3240 | 2142 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 3241 | 2142 |  | 
 | Siberian Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 1407 | 5737 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 13 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 1395 | 5731 |  | 
 | Laptev Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 71 | 7 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 3280 | 1786 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 85 | 3 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 3269 | 1790 |  | 
 | Kara Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 87 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 24 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 24 | 45 | 58 | 57 | 46 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 109 | 566 | 4671 | 334 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 61 | 1 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 50 | 74 | 135 | 169 | 578 | 4654 | 333 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1835 | 5522 | 636 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 133 | 170 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 18 | 102 | 282 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 24 | 166 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 8 | 97 | 330 | 88 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 513 | 853 | 75 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1835 | 5264 | 476 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 188 | 151 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 150 | 129 | 207 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 42 | 81 | 172 | 130 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 26 | 78 | 173 | 239 | 84 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 3 | 25 | 140 | 616 | 852 | 76 | 0 |  | 
 | Greenland Basin: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3941 | 4420 | 436 | 184 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 60 | 70 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 21 | 80 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 89 | 67 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 105 | 654 | 1303 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3941 | 4382 | 352 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 24 | 59 | 64 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 41 | 73 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 30 | 52 | 51 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 25 | 33 | 67 | 62 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 14 | 68 | 137 | 653 | 1303 | 0 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6406 | 4789 | 556 | 303 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 52 | 136 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 8 | 103 | 103 | 27 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 102 | 58 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 192 | 40 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6406 | 4790 | 569 | 408 | 70 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 34 | 57 | 76 | 34 | 4 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 13 | 57 | 46 | 67 | 22 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 49 | 56 | 16 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 102 | 6 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | Baffin Bay: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 61 | 63 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 234 | 1263 | 3643 | 345 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 292 | 1271 | 3644 | 345 |  | 
 | Hudson Bay: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2424 | 5384 | 674 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2423 | 5384 | 674 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6930 | 6209 | 673 | 563 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 76 | 22 | 141 | 227 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 308 | 92 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 281 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 991 | 47 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1509 | 1583 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6930 | 6291 | 693 | 586 | 222 | 26 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 11 | 96 | 209 | 65 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 215 | 164 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 146 | 271 | 6 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 723 | 50 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1647 | 1574 | 0 |  |