| 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 | 756 | 35 | 136 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 35 | 15 | 140 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 8 | 269 | 311 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3343 | 232 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1869 | 13713 | 1520 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6251 | 8141 | 1 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 594 | 30 | 206 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 87 | 8 | 124 | 201 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 83 | 11 | 150 | 875 | 103 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 32 | 9 | 66 | 2002 | 1252 | 213 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2456 | 11932 | 1662 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6911 | 7786 | 1 |  | 
 | 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 | 428 | 21 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 173 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 398 | 596 | 26 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 415 | 692 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 412 | 19 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 263 | 489 | 33 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 518 | 685 | 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 | 152 | 2327 | 31 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 34 | 10 | 103 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 8 | 7 | 170 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 928 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 812 | 2829 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1749 | 406 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 152 | 2230 | 26 | 146 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 68 | 9 | 56 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 71 | 13 | 191 | 214 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 374 | 62 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1291 | 2106 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2414 | 406 | 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 | 2545 | 1811 | 27 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 24 | 10 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 382 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 459 | 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 | 2545 | 1680 | 21 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 96 | 13 | 229 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 59 | 3 | 289 | 356 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 136 | 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 | 928 | 3534 | 42 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 1 | 91 | 36 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 4 | 496 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1050 | 36 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 427 | 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 | 929 | 3188 | 24 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 392 | 40 | 272 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 18 | 513 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 888 | 70 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 393 | 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 | 1575 | 31 | 96 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 223 | 73 | 333 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 6 | 4 | 530 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 897 | 42 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1018 | 191 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1389 | 19 | 104 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 320 | 37 | 232 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 95 | 50 | 512 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 669 | 206 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 245 | 855 | 199 | 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 | 1155 | 4085 | 48 | 123 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 40 | 9 | 243 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 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 | 1155 | 3903 | 21 | 87 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 201 | 29 | 162 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 21 | 7 | 240 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 234 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 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 | 9096 | 1937 | 17 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 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 | 9096 | 1934 | 17 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 1 | 65 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 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 | 7091 | 2876 | 37 | 173 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 91 | 28 | 297 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 324 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 492 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 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 | 7091 | 2822 | 46 | 295 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 123 | 14 | 219 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 22 | 6 | 246 | 297 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 247 | 77 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 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 | 11313 | 1638 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 17 | 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 | 11276 | 1638 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 13 | 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 | 1576 | 2959 | 42 | 229 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 4 | 173 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 123 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 391 | 38 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 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 | 1576 | 2917 | 38 | 244 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 43 | 6 | 143 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 150 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 319 | 47 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 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 | 6811 | 1198 | 18 | 111 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 10 | 6 | 97 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 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 | 6811 | 1161 | 14 | 101 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 47 | 8 | 84 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 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 | 17194 | 2496 | 25 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 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 | 17194 | 2493 | 24 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 5 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |