| 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 | 598 | 12 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 50 | 9 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 21 | 7 | 107 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 155 | 77 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 204 | 1433 | 7526 | 26306 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 460 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 74 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 71 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 45 | 6 | 57 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 30 | 7 | 76 | 94 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 389 | 1491 | 7526 | 26306 |  | 
 | 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 | 3 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 327 | 2756 |  | 
|  | 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 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 327 | 2755 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 13 | 3 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 2526 | 7367 |  | 
|  | 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 | 34 | 47 | 9 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2492 | 7361 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 | 2436 | 2987 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 2436 | 2987 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 452 | 6757 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 | 452 | 6792 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 6 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1455 | 3832 |  | 
|  | 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 | 33 | 1461 | 3832 |  | 
 | 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 | 473 | 9 | 113 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 81 | 22 | 166 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 6 | 249 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 27 | 1 | 102 | 634 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 333 | 190 | 24 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 17 | 6 | 51 | 178 | 1095 | 2024 | 110 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 142 | 4 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 134 | 4 | 153 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 170 | 13 | 127 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 96 | 9 | 143 | 305 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 68 | 7 | 94 | 337 | 32 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 56 | 9 | 111 | 544 | 1255 | 2048 | 110 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6224 | 3418 | 35 | 137 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 67 | 20 | 225 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 307 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 192 | 22 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 134 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 123 | 48 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6224 | 3218 | 25 | 151 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 180 | 18 | 125 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 60 | 11 | 271 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 18 | 0 | 114 | 116 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 51 | 99 | 88 | 9 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 125 | 158 | 44 | 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 | 6097 | 2228 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 113 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 104 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 63 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 83 | 11 | 49 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 21 | 9 | 121 | 332 | 894 | 1244 | 92 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6097 | 2077 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 121 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 127 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 85 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 114 | 7 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 88 | 17 | 153 | 370 | 902 | 1244 | 92 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8072 | 3149 | 35 | 154 | 71 | 56 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 23 | 8 | 58 | 51 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 15 | 1 | 43 | 84 | 61 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 93 | 86 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 294 | 16 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 254 | 228 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8072 | 3140 | 37 | 181 | 126 | 92 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 22 | 6 | 32 | 72 | 60 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 82 | 135 | 5 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 153 | 28 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 174 | 63 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 153 | 148 | 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 | 427 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 46 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 19 | 7 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 247 | 598 | 2694 | 1411 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 368 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 64 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 12 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 14 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 272 | 596 | 2694 | 1411 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 65 | 4 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 939 | 5168 | 2411 |  | 
|  | 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 | 3 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 981 | 5169 | 2411 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13474 | 3829 | 56 | 154 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 12 | 13 | 148 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 4 | 1 | 73 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 134 | 48 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 138 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 379 | 1043 | 382 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13474 | 3796 | 49 | 149 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 44 | 19 | 125 | 73 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 2 | 80 | 74 | 26 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 86 | 29 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 100 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 1069 | 382 | 0 |  |