| 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 | 547 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 80 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 29 | 11 | 71 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 6 | 78 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 303 | 1378 | 7915 | 26135 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 484 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 93 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 53 | 10 | 50 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 22 | 3 | 54 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 6 | 8 | 49 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 324 | 1384 | 7915 | 26135 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 4 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 279 | 2839 |  | 
|  | 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 | 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 | 11 | 283 | 2839 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 28 | 6 | 6 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1874 | 8009 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 5 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1874 | 8010 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 464 | 2414 | 2677 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 461 | 2414 | 2677 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 12 | 759 | 6475 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 759 | 6474 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 4 | 196 | 5126 |  | 
|  | 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 | 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 | 4 | 196 | 5126 |  | 
 | 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 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 196 | 115 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 236 | 305 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 178 | 2243 | 2639 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 108 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 83 | 93 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 136 | 164 | 4 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 379 | 2325 | 2640 | 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 | 5109 | 3525 | 41 | 267 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 44 | 14 | 133 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 9 | 3 | 107 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 242 | 26 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 304 | 346 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 445 | 138 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5109 | 3504 | 44 | 312 | 336 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 47 | 12 | 119 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 17 | 2 | 61 | 193 | 24 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 195 | 57 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 127 | 175 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 555 | 138 | 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 | 5758 | 2507 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 121 | 18 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 12 | 121 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 3 | 88 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 205 | 68 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 676 | 1619 | 157 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5758 | 2321 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 164 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 108 | 17 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 52 | 4 | 91 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 31 | 9 | 92 | 134 | 23 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 248 | 721 | 1619 | 157 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8288 | 3114 | 25 | 99 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 114 | 15 | 64 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 29 | 9 | 86 | 96 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 81 | 61 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 16 | 5 | 45 | 103 | 199 | 11 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 126 | 202 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 8288 | 3133 | 42 | 176 | 128 | 31 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 65 | 3 | 44 | 60 | 35 | 1 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 36 | 2 | 22 | 50 | 68 | 11 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 30 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 98 | 19 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 33 | 9 | 38 | 57 | 103 | 53 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 80 | 79 | 129 | 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 | 341 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 50 | 8 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 87 | 21 | 8 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 424 | 2671 | 1796 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 308 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 61 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 31 | 13 | 54 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 146 | 449 | 2679 | 1796 |  | 
 | 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 | 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 | 35 | 0 | 1 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1106 | 5490 | 1955 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1106 | 5490 | 1956 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13323 | 3656 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 251 | 33 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 20 | 12 | 290 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 143 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 221 | 79 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 439 | 988 | 426 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 13323 | 3675 | 24 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 179 | 21 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 70 | 20 | 208 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 3 | 2 | 83 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 166 | 30 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 558 | 1042 | 426 | 0 |  |