| 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 | 487 | 21 | 183 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 48 | 6 | 138 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 15 | 6 | 239 | 212 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 276 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 256 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2354 | 10056 | 22228 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 451 | 18 | 144 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 50 | 3 | 98 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 29 | 5 | 166 | 145 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 16 | 4 | 94 | 192 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 4 | 3 | 86 | 163 | 131 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 191 | 2485 | 10056 | 22228 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 1359 | 1201 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 1359 | 1201 |  | 
 | 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 | 452 | 44 | 164 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 88 | 34 | 348 | 175 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 78 | 18 | 261 | 414 | 103 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 106 | 264 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 332 | 36 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 924 | 3396 | 2703 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 482 | 62 | 298 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 66 | 20 | 249 | 148 | 15 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 56 | 9 | 203 | 328 | 148 | 5 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 14 | 5 | 28 | 83 | 179 | 8 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 196 | 25 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1089 | 3392 | 2703 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2565 | 2285 | 16 | 53 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 13 | 104 | 28 | 134 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 86 | 17 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 27 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 83 | 4 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2563 | 2167 | 13 | 77 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 15 | 148 | 10 | 51 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 70 | 16 | 60 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 83 | 31 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 85 | 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 | 622 | 27 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 162 | 29 | 405 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 473 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 391 | 61 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 336 | 26 | 20 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 374 | 2603 | 1333 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 449 | 23 | 161 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 193 | 7 | 147 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 121 | 20 | 171 | 237 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 21 | 6 | 105 | 244 | 55 | 10 | 1 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 303 | 163 | 57 | 23 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 540 | 2562 | 1329 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 4 | 6 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 409 | 3672 | 1228 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 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 | 1 | 31 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 412 | 3647 | 1228 |  | 
 | Kara Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 807 | 2601 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 199 | 24 | 213 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 5 | 195 | 359 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 176 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 326 | 14 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 766 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 807 | 2521 | 18 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 240 | 20 | 209 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 41 | 11 | 182 | 297 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 131 | 144 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 295 | 15 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 346 | 765 | 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 | 8645 | 2373 | 19 | 98 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8645 | 2339 | 18 | 106 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 37 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 6978 | 2585 | 14 | 194 | 270 | 78 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 28 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 59 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 56 | 4 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 26 | 33 | 16 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 68 | 65 | 32 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 400 | 617 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6978 | 2472 | 10 | 177 | 267 | 84 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 71 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 1 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 54 | 4 | 37 | 34 | 56 | 11 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 15 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 67 | 429 | 621 | 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 | 11923 | 1062 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 11923 | 1062 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 119 | 1553 | 39 | 476 | 340 | 53 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 106 | 102 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 106 | 256 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 144 | 230 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 631 | 13 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 792 | 520 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 119 | 1552 | 38 | 509 | 428 | 262 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 80 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 66 | 123 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 221 | 3 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96 | 334 | 42 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 201 | 1044 | 488 | 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 | 4641 | 3161 | 22 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 21 | 71 | 12 | 122 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 8 | 4 | 3 | 110 | 84 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4609 | 2848 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 33 | 215 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 26 | 145 | 11 | 111 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 2 | 28 | 6 | 169 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 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 | 18327 | 1822 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 13 | 2 | 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 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 18326 | 1817 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |