| 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 | 338 | 3025 | 46 | 102 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 345 | 80 | 489 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 34 | 19 | 1148 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 5121 | 275 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 914 | 13441 | 802 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4586 | 5536 | 2 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 338 | 2717 | 51 | 198 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 486 | 45 | 331 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 170 | 39 | 958 | 1214 | 53 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 31 | 10 | 375 | 4184 | 6215 | 387 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 927 | 7147 | 1348 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4887 | 4603 | 2 |  | 
 | 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 | 84 | 950 | 19 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 102 | 10 | 116 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 8 | 2 | 158 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 302 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 58 | 39 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 231 | 793 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 84 | 964 | 20 | 115 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 86 | 8 | 98 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 3 | 117 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 180 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 69 | 44 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 221 | 788 | 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 | 2884 | 3121 | 25 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 181 | 30 | 307 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 19 | 14 | 481 | 301 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 151 | 625 | 34 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 346 | 473 | 109 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 650 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2884 | 2976 | 18 | 178 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 238 | 21 | 279 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 99 | 26 | 249 | 242 | 75 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 6 | 322 | 318 | 137 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 476 | 298 | 211 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 548 | 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 | 5158 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 9 | 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 | 5158 | 394 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 4049 | 2384 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 265 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 30 | 11 | 200 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 196 | 2 | 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 | 4049 | 2384 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 180 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 113 | 19 | 173 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 183 | 2 | 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 | 1919 | 2271 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 158 | 30 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 5 | 118 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 374 | 123 | 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 | 1918 | 2151 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 1 | 199 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 84 | 26 | 98 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 137 | 26 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 366 | 123 | 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 | 4221 | 2094 | 3 | 13 | 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 | 4221 | 2094 | 3 | 13 | 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 | 10301 | 1029 | 1 | 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 | 10301 | 1029 | 1 | 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 | 9395 | 2095 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 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 | 9395 | 2043 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 22 | 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 | 12573 | 415 | 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 | 12573 | 415 | 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 | 5285 | 423 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 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 | 5285 | 423 | 1 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 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 |  | 
 | Hudson Bay: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8103 | 483 | 1 | 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 | 8103 | 483 | 1 | 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 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 19822 | 382 | 4 | 1 | 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 | 19822 | 382 | 4 | 1 | 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 |  |