| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 100 | 244 | 26 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2152 | 13323 | 20921 |  | 
|  | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 54 | 220 | 97 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 2150 | 13251 | 20921 |  | 
 | 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 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 89 | 27 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 46 | 113 | 56 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 295 | 1375 | 769 |  | 
|  | 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 70 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 55 | 7 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 56 | 129 | 208 | 2 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 105 | 278 | 1218 | 767 |  | 
 | 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 | 82 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 30 | 143 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 330 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 16 | 133 | 140 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 366 | 824 | 135 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2120 | 5027 | 280 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 0 | 57 | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 40 | 49 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 11 | 154 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 6 | 319 | 82 | 13 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 18 | 219 | 389 | 718 | 209 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66 | 2227 | 4943 | 280 |  | 
 | 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 | 514 | 330 | 118 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 24 | 140 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 42 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 64 | 89 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 20 | 200 | 277 | 245 | 2 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 812 | 2442 | 140 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 426 | 185 | 100 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 74 | 68 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 29 | 117 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 7 | 100 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 3 | 90 | 243 | 158 | 137 | 48 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 36 | 99 | 144 | 920 | 2396 | 140 |  | 
 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 22 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 17 | 136 | 203 | 261 | 42 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 12 | 135 | 213 | 910 | 4557 | 497 |  | 
|  | 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 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 31 | 116 | 91 | 163 | 117 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 22 | 228 | 346 | 1002 | 4465 | 497 |  | 
 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 8 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 32 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 417 | 1471 | 2587 | 439 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 33 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 22 | 25 | 194 | 75 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 428 | 1468 | 2414 | 361 |  | 
 | 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 | 72 | 110 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 6 | 116 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 28 | 150 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 136 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 632 | 326 | 25 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 349 | 2319 | 1691 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 67 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 11 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 84 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 51 | 130 | 70 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 203 | 335 | 178 | 34 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 744 | 2471 | 1682 | 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 | 1016 | 6155 | 1014 | 307 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 1 | 23 | 267 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 459 | 19 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 653 | 710 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 276 | 5 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 1016 | 6150 | 972 | 268 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 3 | 41 | 204 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 22 | 192 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 169 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 877 | 489 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 490 | 5 | 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 | 2557 | 4526 | 929 | 279 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 143 | 34 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 289 | 1096 | 33 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 460 | 816 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2557 | 4526 | 917 | 303 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 14 | 122 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 95 | 71 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 75 | 133 | 9 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 304 | 810 | 32 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 576 | 808 | 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 | 6292 | 4321 | 1378 | 237 | 78 | 27 | 2 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 52 | 61 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 27 | 7 | 20 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 78 | 27 | 22 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 72 | 126 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6292 | 4321 | 1428 | 283 | 89 | 41 | 28 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 90 | 71 | 82 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 57 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 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 | 0 | 145 | 301 | 177 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 162 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 284 | 30 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 795 | 1028 | 64 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 581 | 1743 | 1 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 135 | 287 | 192 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 10 | 11 | 168 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 12 | 110 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 122 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 940 | 748 | 428 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 850 | 1379 | 1 |  | 
 | 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 | 39 | 208 | 171 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 179 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 209 | 257 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 452 | 86 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1138 | 2216 | 35 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 448 | 2198 | 718 | 1 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 39 | 124 | 108 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 2 | 35 | 99 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 28 | 156 | 179 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 21 | 154 | 295 | 91 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 1041 | 1236 | 30 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 756 | 3167 | 723 | 1 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8881 | 6576 | 985 | 634 | 166 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 298 | 150 | 26 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 456 | 58 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 714 | 93 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 521 | 51 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 263 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8881 | 6576 | 975 | 809 | 363 | 76 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 11 | 230 | 226 | 43 | 12 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 464 | 38 | 9 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 355 | 63 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 516 | 300 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  |