| 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 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 60 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2156 | 11283 | 23047 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 2214 | 11284 | 23047 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 6 | 356 | 2771 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 356 | 2771 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 16 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 536 | 2155 | 7208 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 18 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 543 | 2153 | 7208 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1716 | 69 | 418 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 23 | 9 | 220 | 254 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 349 | 92 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 236 | 349 | 13 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 295 | 33 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 448 | 819 | 1 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1526 | 44 | 197 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 193 | 24 | 242 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 20 | 10 | 212 | 314 | 138 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 310 | 197 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 155 | 271 | 14 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 580 | 841 | 1 |  | 
 | 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 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 37 | 36 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 705 | 6371 |  | 
|  | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 745 | 6371 |  | 
 | 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 | 22 | 30 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 2530 | 2588 |  | 
|  | 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 | 23 | 36 | 7 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 2524 | 2585 |  | 
 | 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 | 157 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 36 | 7 | 41 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 28 | 3 | 26 | 78 | 117 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 110 | 34 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 42 | 292 | 115 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 528 | 4460 | 79 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 47 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 69 | 6 | 29 | 47 | 97 | 42 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 32 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 62 | 26 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 115 | 72 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 115 | 748 | 4469 | 79 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5414 | 3292 | 49 | 237 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 3 | 23 | 6 | 95 | 143 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 141 | 85 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 100 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 145 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 541 | 730 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5417 | 3137 | 30 | 205 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 2 | 107 | 13 | 57 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 69 | 13 | 66 | 113 | 48 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 82 | 83 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 103 | 133 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 612 | 730 | 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 | 5177 | 3419 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 144 | 15 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 38 | 10 | 121 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 104 | 31 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 922 | 1219 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5177 | 3323 | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 141 | 8 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 85 | 9 | 74 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 46 | 2 | 54 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 74 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 252 | 924 | 1219 | 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 | 10254 | 1996 | 25 | 143 | 147 | 89 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10254 | 1967 | 25 | 152 | 159 | 111 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 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 | 1 | 1309 | 38 | 202 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 151 | 47 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 96 | 144 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 167 | 6 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 199 | 50 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 482 | 2070 | 514 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1 | 1302 | 36 | 174 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 10 | 2 | 56 | 133 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 144 | 145 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 134 | 19 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 160 | 58 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 580 | 2049 | 514 |  | 
 | Hudson Bay: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3 | 1096 | 28 | 149 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 234 | 12 | 206 | 141 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 73 | 24 | 248 | 456 | 117 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 316 | 1427 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 210 | 1169 | 128 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 1522 | 884 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3 | 939 | 24 | 167 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 378 | 31 | 283 | 307 | 85 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 61 | 7 | 126 | 293 | 1175 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 120 | 717 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 138 | 396 | 49 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 261 | 1861 | 955 | 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 | 16420 | 3168 | 25 | 167 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 87 | 11 | 188 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 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 | 16419 | 3199 | 27 | 241 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 1 | 57 | 8 | 73 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |