| 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 | 1185 | 381 | 360 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 365 | 347 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 6125 | 943 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1761 | 21559 | 1514 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1039 | 959 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1185 | 368 | 348 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 13 | 231 | 94 | 62 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 297 | 1017 | 599 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 4236 | 3983 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2861 | 17750 | 1789 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1147 | 684 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 380 | 105 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 824 | 49 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 341 | 622 | 320 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 376 | 99 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 10 | 93 | 244 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 543 | 72 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 428 | 569 | 320 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 969 | 935 | 668 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 140 | 497 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1736 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 1462 | 115 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 407 | 2120 | 235 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 268 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 965 | 817 | 760 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 201 | 485 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1312 | 382 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 464 | 809 | 64 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 824 | 2214 | 346 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 157 | 0 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 57 | 2051 | 666 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 10 | 26 | 380 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 499 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1278 | 128 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 152 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 57 | 2045 | 609 | 511 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 6 | 77 | 289 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 6 | 318 | 704 | 45 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 579 | 235 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 1039 | 1242 | 202 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 115 | 546 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 742 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1855 | 167 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 920 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 902 | 611 | 131 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 129 | 495 | 303 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 251 | 864 | 556 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 1142 | 215 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 872 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 134 | 251 | 187 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 5 | 423 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 940 | 250 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1927 | 240 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 698 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 132 | 169 | 292 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 81 | 612 | 163 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 574 | 1204 | 423 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 867 | 412 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 97 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | Kara Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 662 | 4478 | 612 | 338 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 662 | 4478 | 612 | 384 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4324 | 5085 | 1831 | 91 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4324 | 5085 | 1831 | 91 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 6035 | 3929 | 343 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 519 | 43 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6035 | 3906 | 308 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 21 | 34 | 238 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 195 | 407 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 248 | 105 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 9326 | 3401 | 261 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 9326 | 3401 | 261 | 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 | 0 | 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 | 4 | 4118 | 885 | 435 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4 | 4115 | 875 | 425 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 3 | 7 | 168 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 5 | 113 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 5046 | 1777 | 1193 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 5046 | 1777 | 1256 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11621 | 6946 | 1191 | 227 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11621 | 6946 | 1191 | 260 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |