| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 56 | 3 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 32 | 69 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 283 | 152 | 10 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 71 | 432 | 5736 | 29860 |  | 
|  | 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 | 28 | 71 | 11 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 80 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 51 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 232 | 196 | 29 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 83 | 415 | 5626 | 29841 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 93 | 101 | 65 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 1438 | 1135 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 17 | 7 | 64 | 50 | 95 | 156 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65 | 153 | 1346 | 1135 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 119 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 488 | 869 | 42 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 771 | 3629 | 3875 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 253 | 331 | 79 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 369 | 1314 | 3592 | 3875 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4 | 660 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 2 | 175 | 22 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 7 | 150 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 120 | 98 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 318 | 2632 | 1032 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4 | 683 | 12 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 2 | 93 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 57 | 10 | 108 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 13 | 8 | 75 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 154 | 31 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 128 | 387 | 2632 | 1032 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 507 | 4868 | 1689 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 28 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 514 | 4842 | 1689 |  | 
 | 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 117 | 16 | 7 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 23 | 4 | 41 | 152 | 86 | 49 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 45 | 220 | 391 | 2086 | 1965 |  | 
|  | 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 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 16 | 33 | 1 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 70 | 30 | 167 | 45 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 35 | 6 | 93 | 381 | 448 | 1939 | 1919 |  | 
 | Kara Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 87 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 38 | 6 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 67 | 4 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 123 | 320 | 77 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 1171 | 3957 | 34 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 95 | 7 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 60 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 97 | 21 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 28 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 187 | 150 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 1254 | 3867 | 34 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5070 | 3066 | 36 | 151 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 76 | 13 | 114 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 47 | 3 | 116 | 175 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 258 | 32 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 209 | 584 | 2 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 203 | 397 | 606 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5070 | 2991 | 36 | 170 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 106 | 9 | 89 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 78 | 7 | 97 | 164 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 185 | 20 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 234 | 527 | 47 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 8 | 2 | 53 | 243 | 465 | 559 | 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 | 5658 | 3062 | 28 | 161 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 30 | 11 | 104 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 177 | 89 | 18 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 955 | 19 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 750 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5658 | 3043 | 28 | 196 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 49 | 10 | 66 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 99 | 75 | 29 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 118 | 219 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 423 | 3 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 565 | 750 | 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 | 8589 | 3467 | 60 | 314 | 178 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 44 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 60 | 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 | 8589 | 3467 | 60 | 326 | 254 | 17 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 43 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 89 | 52 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 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 | 0 | 514 | 18 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 15 | 6 | 126 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 351 | 85 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 1634 | 231 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 162 | 1850 | 90 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 514 | 19 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 14 | 4 | 85 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 113 | 161 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 270 | 117 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 330 | 1515 | 634 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 235 | 1442 | 90 |  | 
 | Hudson Bay: | 
|
| 
|  | 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 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 179 | 5 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 406 | 80 | 8 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 171 | 456 | 76 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1161 | 3858 | 2006 |  | 
|  | 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 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 186 | 38 | 5 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 327 | 110 | 44 | 4 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 171 | 258 | 234 | 84 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 1284 | 3655 | 1922 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11626 | 5208 | 70 | 385 | 220 | 39 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 181 | 44 | 11 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 243 | 104 | 24 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 409 | 284 | 40 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 424 | 142 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 587 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11626 | 5208 | 70 | 447 | 440 | 120 | 27 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 187 | 153 | 46 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 294 | 71 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 220 | 77 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 140 | 197 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 386 | 0 |  |