| 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 | 32 | 3870 | 2891 | 1212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 138 | 334 | 1577 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2643 | 629 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 7608 | 382 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 899 | 5862 | 527 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5336 | 2572 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 32 | 3814 | 2225 | 1119 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 169 | 830 | 1385 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 25 | 201 | 2451 | 2464 | 42 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 12 | 773 | 5051 | 1569 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1364 | 3791 | 513 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 6179 | 2576 | 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 | 1136 | 245 | 231 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 100 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 146 | 179 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 447 | 344 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1111 | 243 | 242 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 183 | 159 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 468 | 344 | 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 | 1545 | 5114 | 665 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 242 | 348 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 9 | 74 | 522 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 165 | 150 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 749 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1545 | 5198 | 723 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 120 | 220 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 115 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 29 | 308 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 225 | 96 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 807 | 0 | 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 | 1223 | 2578 | 850 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 13 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 201 | 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 | 1223 | 2574 | 786 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 73 | 219 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 266 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2012 | 4135 | 312 | 255 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 7 | 127 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 32 | 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 | 2012 | 4102 | 269 | 214 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 33 | 46 | 197 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 111 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 73 | 2484 | 953 | 415 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 483 | 43 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 396 | 6 | 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 | 73 | 2484 | 903 | 387 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 50 | 234 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 443 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 241 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 6 | 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 | 1439 | 4443 | 428 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1439 | 4444 | 428 | 20 | 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 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10262 | 975 | 94 | 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 | 10262 | 975 | 94 | 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 |  | 
 | Greenland Basin: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8268 | 2140 | 297 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 6 | 23 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 200 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 191 | 54 | 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 | 8268 | 2140 | 293 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 6 | 25 | 115 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 3 | 129 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 145 | 47 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 152 | 54 | 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 | 12988 | 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 | 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 | 12988 | 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 | 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 | 2168 | 3466 | 108 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 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 | 2168 | 3466 | 111 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 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 |  | 
 | Hudson Bay: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5439 | 3014 | 130 | 4 | 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 | 5439 | 3014 | 130 | 4 | 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 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 18467 | 1683 | 32 | 27 | 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 | 18467 | 1683 | 32 | 27 | 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 |  |