| 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 | 577 | 3596 | 42 | 185 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 263 | 56 | 404 | 230 | 22 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 37 | 12 | 379 | 944 | 67 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 702 | 762 | 40 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 117 | 1641 | 1165 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 7281 | 15577 | 2443 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 577 | 3392 | 29 | 205 | 406 | 55 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 357 | 43 | 311 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 97 | 28 | 294 | 594 | 69 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 42 | 5 | 127 | 531 | 500 | 37 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 8 | 6 | 84 | 334 | 1030 | 523 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 189 | 8119 | 16222 | 2443 |  | 
 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 15 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 67 | 14 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21 | 10 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 248 | 1082 | 1369 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 40 | 7 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 1103 | 1379 |  | 
 | 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 | 269 | 17 | 53 | 20 | 53 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 41 | 12 | 57 | 135 | 316 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 5 | 141 | 321 | 554 | 38 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 168 | 387 | 160 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 190 | 123 | 244 | 9 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 345 | 4118 | 2060 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 282 | 17 | 55 | 85 | 505 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 27 | 9 | 40 | 218 | 445 | 39 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 8 | 75 | 137 | 270 | 184 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 92 | 127 | 120 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 143 | 57 | 197 | 9 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 273 | 374 | 4020 | 2060 |  | 
 | Chuckchi Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3650 | 1613 | 14 | 103 | 139 | 30 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 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 | 3650 | 1600 | 14 | 103 | 168 | 38 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 928 | 2179 | 35 | 106 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 216 | 26 | 292 | 142 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 13 | 8 | 317 | 495 | 173 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 277 | 511 | 4 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 855 | 593 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 928 | 1935 | 39 | 189 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 271 | 17 | 255 | 242 | 44 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 188 | 11 | 211 | 399 | 338 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 150 | 245 | 71 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 71 | 554 | 157 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 363 | 413 | 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 | 1204 | 3012 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 3 | 427 | 28 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 30 | 4 | 138 | 160 | 21 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 110 | 6 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 1207 | 3165 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 234 | 12 | 128 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 66 | 9 | 93 | 101 | 45 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 54 | 83 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 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 | 4185 | 1999 | 10 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 22 | 6 | 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 | 4203 | 2002 | 10 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 4 | 3 | 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 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 10315 | 1003 | 10 | 3 | 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 | 10315 | 1003 | 10 | 3 | 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 | 6975 | 2615 | 21 | 112 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 16 | 7 | 113 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 88 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 87 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 85 | 79 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 167 | 1014 | 23 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6975 | 2516 | 12 | 65 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 73 | 7 | 66 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 31 | 7 | 93 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 10 | 2 | 61 | 50 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 102 | 44 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 254 | 1044 | 23 | 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 | 12721 | 267 | 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 | 12721 | 267 | 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 | 2059 | 2090 | 31 | 250 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 18 | 4 | 142 | 228 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 328 | 47 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 112 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 89 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 72 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2059 | 2093 | 29 | 255 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 15 | 6 | 121 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 288 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 178 | 37 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 147 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 111 | 72 | 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 | 5310 | 2854 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 6 | 80 | 13 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 120 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 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 | 5313 | 2734 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 3 | 148 | 10 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 62 | 3 | 55 | 94 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 19944 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 5 | 2 | 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 | 19944 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |