| 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 | 618 | 3669 | 24 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 532 | 85 | 390 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 68 | 18 | 1134 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 4610 | 192 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 975 | 12712 | 521 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6333 | 4174 | 82 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 618 | 3017 | 27 | 149 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 719 | 31 | 186 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 492 | 54 | 742 | 512 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 41 | 15 | 639 | 3067 | 503 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2207 | 8797 | 889 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 9931 | 3806 | 82 |  | 
 | 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 | 57 | 1022 | 31 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 24 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 19 | 4 | 120 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 231 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 155 | 90 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 729 | 387 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 57 | 992 | 30 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 32 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 38 | 6 | 87 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 227 | 91 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 729 | 387 | 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 | 2998 | 3031 | 26 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 212 | 32 | 206 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 32 | 17 | 496 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 601 | 39 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 849 | 3 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 724 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2998 | 2878 | 17 | 96 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 310 | 28 | 160 | 102 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 87 | 29 | 375 | 135 | 39 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 225 | 311 | 98 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 332 | 514 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 480 | 727 | 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 | 5469 | 185 | 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 | 5469 | 185 | 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 |  | 
 | Siberian Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4167 | 2442 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 194 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 36 | 13 | 199 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 70 | 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 | 4167 | 2407 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 171 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 82 | 11 | 143 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 12 | 3 | 67 | 41 | 0 | 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 | 2379 | 1647 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 76 | 35 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 2 | 144 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 223 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 606 | 29 | 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 | 2379 | 1586 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 103 | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 36 | 18 | 122 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 10 | 1 | 51 | 149 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 128 | 605 | 29 | 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 | 4846 | 1465 | 3 | 17 | 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 | 4846 | 1465 | 3 | 17 | 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 | 11132 | 199 | 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 | 11132 | 199 | 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 |  | 
 | Greenland Basin: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10311 | 1210 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 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 | 10311 | 1189 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 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 | 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 | 4612 | 1046 | 10 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 4612 | 1046 | 10 | 29 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 6189 | 2312 | 9 | 61 | 16 | 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 | 6189 | 2312 | 9 | 61 | 16 | 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 | 19882 | 314 | 4 | 9 | 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 | 19882 | 314 | 4 | 9 | 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 |  |