| 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 61 | 16 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 75 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 523 | 3775 | 32264 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 40 | 73 | 40 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 43 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 70 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 513 | 3710 | 32264 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 221 | 2912 |  | 
|  | 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 | 221 | 2912 |  | 
 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1347 | 8616 |  | 
|  | 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 | 28 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1319 | 8612 |  | 
 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 586 | 2668 | 2221 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 591 | 2668 | 2221 |  | 
 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 1574 | 5622 |  | 
|  | 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 | 4 | 2 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1573 | 5618 |  | 
 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1683 | 3609 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1680 | 3609 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 13 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 245 | 2973 | 2763 |  | 
|  | 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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 20 | 62 | 10 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 254 | 2933 | 2766 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2748 | 3803 | 42 | 182 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 107 | 36 | 168 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 55 | 17 | 179 | 157 | 32 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 10 | 4 | 137 | 256 | 86 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 161 | 362 | 40 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 200 | 976 | 1380 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2748 | 3701 | 40 | 189 | 76 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 160 | 25 | 114 | 75 | 30 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 86 | 22 | 168 | 155 | 38 | 9 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 28 | 12 | 130 | 140 | 82 | 9 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 165 | 276 | 44 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 292 | 1040 | 1363 | 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 | 4456 | 3609 | 26 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 71 | 5 | 69 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 15 | 14 | 102 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 176 | 80 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 794 | 1729 | 39 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4456 | 3551 | 24 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 98 | 4 | 65 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 44 | 17 | 73 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 151 | 23 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 850 | 1728 | 39 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8445 | 3157 | 23 | 81 | 80 | 21 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 136 | 21 | 58 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 26 | 22 | 91 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 88 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 103 | 104 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 152 | 158 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8445 | 3088 | 32 | 117 | 116 | 22 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 133 | 7 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 68 | 15 | 46 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 27 | 8 | 33 | 71 | 36 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 50 | 111 | 84 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 74 | 88 | 65 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 67 | 32 | 9 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 240 | 2329 | 3057 |  | 
|  | 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 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 19 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 301 | 2355 | 3047 |  | 
 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 15 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 993 | 4558 | 2935 |  | 
|  | 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 | 64 | 24 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1007 | 4549 | 2935 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10186 | 4844 | 56 | 237 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 168 | 34 | 213 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 4 | 145 | 267 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 464 | 224 | 7 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 507 | 538 | 129 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 204 | 562 | 1116 | 68 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10186 | 4924 | 68 | 361 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 83 | 20 | 111 | 171 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 6 | 96 | 237 | 89 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 155 | 235 | 34 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 320 | 220 | 125 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 542 | 775 | 1093 | 72 |  |