| 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 | 1809 | 3774 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 940 | 508 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2225 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 4277 | 115 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 837 | 10988 | 142 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2979 | 7649 | 91 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1809 | 3106 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1489 | 352 | 366 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 119 | 183 | 2051 | 881 | 41 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 3706 | 3985 | 115 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 705 | 7691 | 1809 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2365 | 5867 | 91 |  | 
 | 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 | 1294 | 525 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 11 | 117 | 26 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 160 | 55 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 675 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1300 | 446 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 5 | 153 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 10 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 149 | 222 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 71 | 504 | 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 | 4700 | 2184 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 481 | 175 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 13 | 771 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 694 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 470 | 16 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 91 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4700 | 1954 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 559 | 95 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 153 | 76 | 457 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 254 | 383 | 37 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 368 | 384 | 15 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 92 | 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 | 5653 | 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 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5653 | 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 | 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 | 6223 | 596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 95 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 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 | 6223 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 132 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 31 | 25 | 123 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 1474 | 1250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 283 | 100 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 21 | 360 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 854 | 45 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 735 | 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 | 1474 | 1148 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 312 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 73 | 73 | 314 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 735 | 29 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 751 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 4824 | 1266 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 99 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 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 | 4824 | 1176 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 178 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 11156 | 166 | 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 | 11156 | 166 | 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 | 6784 | 2851 | 34 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 272 | 92 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 5 | 363 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 477 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 193 | 10 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6784 | 2721 | 27 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 401 | 93 | 268 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 11 | 233 | 255 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 375 | 94 | 12 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 138 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 12842 | 145 | 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 | 12842 | 145 | 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 | 5570 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 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 | 5560 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 10 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 38 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 8538 | 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 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8538 | 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 | 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 | 15740 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 15740 | 0 | 6 | 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 |  |