| 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 | 94 | 9 | 84 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 51 | 21 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 104 | 58 | 7 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 146 | 553 | 114 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1054 | 7821 | 26602 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 94 | 9 | 97 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 82 | 68 | 15 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 101 | 76 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 130 | 485 | 541 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1013 | 7309 | 26602 |  | 
 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 84 | 147 | 34 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 82 | 637 | 2066 |  | 
|  | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 158 | 102 | 2 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 563 | 2064 |  | 
 | 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 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 39 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 640 | 45 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 263 | 4463 | 4016 |  | 
|  | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 123 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 251 | 707 | 263 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 197 | 4245 | 4016 |  | 
 | 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 | 646 | 16 | 95 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 135 | 10 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 10 | 190 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 165 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 270 | 113 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 2620 | 1088 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 642 | 16 | 122 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 90 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 58 | 16 | 90 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 103 | 125 | 44 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 292 | 656 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2077 | 1088 |  | 
 | 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 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 69 | 4 | 55 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 49 | 4 | 177 | 108 | 3 | 9 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 57 | 283 | 27 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 391 | 970 | 192 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 360 | 3308 | 962 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 16 | 0 | 67 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 21 | 2 | 30 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 47 | 2 | 47 | 93 | 20 | 11 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 34 | 4 | 80 | 117 | 48 | 51 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 23 | 1 | 112 | 459 | 803 | 320 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 122 | 485 | 3131 | 962 |  | 
 | 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 | 161 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 63 | 11 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 324 | 107 | 12 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 441 | 1363 | 345 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 208 | 1699 | 181 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 153 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 48 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 23 | 3 | 99 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 157 | 93 | 16 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 610 | 1388 | 832 | 2 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 181 | 1206 | 179 |  | 
 | 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 | 1633 | 42 | 211 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 58 | 18 | 168 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 4 | 4 | 162 | 250 | 16 | 6 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 537 | 159 | 20 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1223 | 328 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 1160 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1629 | 44 | 320 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 54 | 14 | 138 | 164 | 15 | 6 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 6 | 76 | 437 | 351 | 40 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 152 | 553 | 359 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 566 | 623 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 486 | 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 | 5561 | 3903 | 67 | 358 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 215 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 132 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 453 | 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 | 5561 | 3903 | 67 | 439 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 171 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 310 | 167 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 291 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 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 | 5008 | 3006 | 37 | 354 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 31 | 5 | 90 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 22 | 7 | 87 | 156 | 4 | 3 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 298 | 78 | 20 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 953 | 313 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 687 | 1 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5008 | 3016 | 39 | 390 | 228 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 23 | 5 | 71 | 179 | 15 | 4 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 15 | 1 | 52 | 139 | 178 | 25 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 147 | 256 | 82 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 251 | 599 | 795 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 1 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10107 | 2360 | 23 | 170 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 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 | 10107 | 2360 | 25 | 193 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 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 | 0 | 1265 | 34 | 307 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 37 | 5 | 182 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 0 | 86 | 195 | 14 | 10 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 408 | 163 | 11 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1357 | 466 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 986 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1269 | 37 | 432 | 264 | 18 | 5 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 29 | 2 | 103 | 189 | 94 | 6 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 242 | 392 | 14 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 438 | 59 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 638 | 971 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 419 | 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 | 0 | 811 | 75 | 335 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 176 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 420 | 28 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 480 | 226 | 4 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 801 | 199 | 9 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 3665 | 895 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 812 | 77 | 447 | 248 | 16 | 1 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 306 | 83 | 7 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 372 | 255 | 32 | 8 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 122 | 336 | 125 | 5 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 489 | 2048 | 500 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1655 | 391 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 14645 | 3361 | 80 | 507 | 263 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 11 | 1 | 95 | 112 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 177 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 69 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 296 | 94 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 14645 | 3372 | 81 | 610 | 403 | 35 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 176 | 37 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 151 | 141 | 31 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 175 | 57 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 162 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |  |