| 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 | 14 | 1237 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 106 | 20 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 15 | 5 | 248 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 6 | 2 | 78 | 1303 | 210 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2854 | 14403 | 2321 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4011 | 8869 | 1005 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 14 | 1131 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 96 | 9 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 74 | 5 | 138 | 145 | 62 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 43 | 7 | 95 | 894 | 1324 | 137 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 20 | 5 | 98 | 3035 | 12674 | 5821 | 60 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 4564 | 5232 | 945 |  | 
 | 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 | 25 | 238 | 8 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 20 | 2 | 66 | 323 | 30 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 17 | 1 | 51 | 856 | 496 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 89 | 527 | 140 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 25 | 197 | 8 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 35 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 151 | 42 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 20 | 1 | 115 | 857 | 468 | 11 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 261 | 543 | 130 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 1120 | 25 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 64 | 26 | 177 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 3 | 392 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1407 | 30 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390 | 2622 | 24 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1340 | 1087 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 762 | 15 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 189 | 18 | 137 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 166 | 19 | 391 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 78 | 2 | 90 | 798 | 37 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1919 | 2450 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1505 | 1110 | 0 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1171 | 2385 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 176 | 35 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 6 | 577 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 687 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 52 | 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 | 1171 | 2335 | 12 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 217 | 35 | 178 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 5 | 367 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 527 | 54 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 258 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | 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 | 953 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 219 | 34 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 117 | 36 | 572 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1603 | 85 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 3091 | 59 | 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 | 0 | 887 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 195 | 11 | 123 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 196 | 47 | 378 | 169 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 11 | 3 | 192 | 1337 | 750 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 411 | 2426 | 59 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 
 | Laptev Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 856 | 2356 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 143 | 21 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 22 | 12 | 131 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 345 | 119 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 532 | 149 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 425 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 852 | 2023 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 4 | 196 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 222 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 81 | 25 | 158 | 278 | 131 | 56 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 158 | 532 | 496 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |  | 
 | Kara Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3970 | 1743 | 15 | 75 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 1 | 92 | 12 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 4 | 1 | 64 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 48 | 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 | 3970 | 1512 | 12 | 82 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 1 | 274 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 51 | 7 | 78 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 48 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 11235 | 96 | 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 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11235 | 96 | 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 | 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 | 7682 | 2524 | 17 | 133 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 61 | 10 | 67 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 169 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 307 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 161 | 251 | 5 | 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 | 7682 | 2506 | 20 | 152 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 77 | 6 | 77 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 13 | 3 | 80 | 115 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 182 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 226 | 232 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 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 | 12987 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 12987 | 1 | 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 | 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 | 711 | 3490 | 63 | 219 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 9 | 48 | 9 | 215 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 312 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 357 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 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 | 708 | 3473 | 61 | 283 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 11 | 62 | 8 | 237 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 1 | 3 | 4 | 158 | 330 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 4589 | 2987 | 81 | 641 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 11 | 6 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 4589 | 2969 | 83 | 717 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 23 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 18727 | 1219 | 17 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 7 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 31 | 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 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 18727 | 1219 | 21 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 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 |  |