Arctic Sea Ice 2024. Animation of arctic sea ice maximum extent, march 14 2024, to its minimum, september 11, 2024. This is the largest in the past four years and about 3% larger than in 2021 and 2022.
As of the beginning of april 2024, arctic sea ice extent had dropped by about 278,000 square kilometers (107,000 square miles) below the march 14 maximum (figure 1b). Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 15.01 million square kilometers (5.80 million square miles) on march 14, according to scientists at the.
