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Record early sea ice melt outside Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska

June 14, 2019

The 2019 sea ice melt outside the Alaskan city Utqiagvik (Barrow) happens record early. The regional sea ice extent of June 2019 is comparable to the July extent for the previous record year of 2017. The 2019 regional sea ice extent curve is two months earlier than for the 1980s.


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May 13, 2019

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Animation showing Easter snow melt

April 29, 2019

This animation shows the snow cover melting away through Easter 2019. Each daily snow cover map is based on satellite data information from the AVHRR instrument flying on polar orbiting satellites.


Winter polynya north of Greenland

April 23, 2019

2018 was the first time since the start of satellite observations in 1979 that an area of open water (or polynya) in the sea ice occurred north of Greenland during winter months.