| 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 | 39 | 5 | 51 | 68 | 52 | 15 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 34 | 68 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 623 | 6002 | 29538 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 39 | 5 | 56 | 79 | 57 | 28 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 25 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 62 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 631 | 5960 | 29538 |  | 
 | 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 | 121 | 1132 | 1880 |  | 
|  | 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 | 121 | 1132 | 1880 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9975 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 7 | 9975 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 25 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5629 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5590 |  | 
 | 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 | 6 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 509 | 6725 |  | 
|  | 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 | 10 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 509 | 6721 |  | 
 | 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 | 22 | 54 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 1564 | 3502 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 61 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 1559 | 3493 |  | 
 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 28 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 152 | 13 | 136 | 213 | 1069 | 4168 | 301 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 7 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 148 | 13 | 136 | 242 | 1049 | 4162 | 301 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2785 | 3604 | 56 | 231 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 114 | 23 | 222 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 29 | 9 | 185 | 254 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 375 | 82 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 268 | 502 | 21 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 90 | 632 | 1588 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2785 | 3626 | 64 | 339 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 74 | 8 | 154 | 163 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 41 | 6 | 114 | 222 | 32 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 233 | 108 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 232 | 256 | 39 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 172 | 838 | 1571 | 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 | 4816 | 3266 | 24 | 106 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 177 | 8 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 143 | 6 | 90 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 48 | 3 | 73 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 135 | 69 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 431 | 1873 | 68 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4816 | 3296 | 27 | 122 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 135 | 5 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 118 | 5 | 46 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 52 | 2 | 47 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 28 | 2 | 77 | 103 | 62 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 144 | 431 | 1873 | 68 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8456 | 3079 | 16 | 40 | 38 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 106 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 49 | 16 | 70 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 26 | 1 | 44 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 125 | 65 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 111 | 203 | 304 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8456 | 2991 | 16 | 45 | 39 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 115 | 11 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 94 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 46 | 13 | 33 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 39 | 1 | 39 | 37 | 54 | 21 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 24 | 12 | 55 | 192 | 214 | 284 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 364 | 3309 | 1969 |  | 
|  | 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 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 30 | 1 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 363 | 3287 | 1968 |  | 
 | 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 | 32 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 579 | 2339 | 5637 |  | 
|  | 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 | 32 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 579 | 2339 | 5637 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 9522 | 3756 | 60 | 342 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 59 | 108 | 13 | 176 | 165 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 8 | 21 | 10 | 109 | 281 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 257 | 64 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 225 | 284 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2815 | 1702 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 9572 | 3806 | 63 | 409 | 225 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 11 | 63 | 12 | 149 | 179 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 6 | 16 | 6 | 61 | 264 | 51 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 201 | 87 | 7 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 329 | 11 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2693 | 1688 | 0 |  |