| 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 | 1286 | 4965 | 35 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 454 | 83 | 307 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 82 | 31 | 642 | 405 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 1172 | 191 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 313 | 1911 | 389 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2604 | 12508 | 9297 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1286 | 4234 | 33 | 188 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 748 | 29 | 186 | 146 | 41 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 379 | 52 | 328 | 481 | 477 | 38 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 119 | 32 | 284 | 551 | 687 | 865 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 24 | 6 | 135 | 593 | 972 | 1778 | 87 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2538 | 10216 | 9210 |  | 
 | 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 | 222 | 826 | 22 | 61 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 16 | 3 | 94 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 211 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 300 | 35 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 244 | 843 | 12 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 222 | 822 | 23 | 66 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 3 | 72 | 190 | 21 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 71 | 163 | 19 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 125 | 45 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 240 | 813 | 12 |  | 
 | Beaufort Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3764 | 2122 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 179 | 27 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 65 | 21 | 234 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 382 | 33 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 507 | 49 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 2000 | 157 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3764 | 1993 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 273 | 18 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 64 | 32 | 199 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 36 | 3 | 89 | 313 | 87 | 18 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 382 | 77 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 1950 | 157 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5654 | 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 | 5654 | 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 |  | 
 | Siberian Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6618 | 627 | 0 | 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 | 6618 | 627 | 0 | 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 |  | 
 | Laptev Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3629 | 1516 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 74 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 3629 | 1314 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 138 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 106 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 32 | 5 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 6117 | 202 | 1 | 11 | 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 | 6117 | 202 | 1 | 11 | 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 | 10530 | 724 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 57 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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 | 10530 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 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 | 8869 | 1806 | 13 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 26 | 9 | 64 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 118 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 395 | 2 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8869 | 1792 | 19 | 147 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 25 | 3 | 43 | 37 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 72 | 62 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 130 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 197 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 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 | 5063 | 642 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 5063 | 643 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 7716 | 865 | 3 | 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 | 7716 | 865 | 3 | 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 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 20095 | 109 | 2 | 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 | 20095 | 109 | 2 | 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 |  |