| 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 | 211 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 19 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 563 | 4704 | 31062 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 208 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 89 | 576 | 4700 | 31062 |  | 
 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 1808 | 965 |  | 
|  | 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 | 7 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 338 | 1797 | 965 |  | 
 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 2544 | 7266 |  | 
|  | 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 | 11 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 2544 | 7266 |  | 
 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 48 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 598 | 2531 | 2223 |  | 
|  | 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 51 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 594 | 2531 | 2223 |  | 
 | 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 2151 | 4814 |  | 
|  | 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 | 6 | 0 | 3 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 2152 | 4811 |  | 
 | 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 | 1 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 580 | 4728 |  | 
|  | 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 | 5 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 580 | 4724 |  | 
 | 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 | 424 | 27 | 153 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 47 | 8 | 78 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 149 | 25 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 115 | 74 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 177 | 88 | 1 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 412 | 2821 | 1442 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 424 | 28 | 184 | 135 | 27 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 45 | 5 | 43 | 84 | 42 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 98 | 60 | 13 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 62 | 61 | 35 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 103 | 51 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 405 | 2810 | 1443 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5170 | 3426 | 42 | 187 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 27 | 11 | 98 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 161 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 72 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 153 | 8 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 520 | 1107 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5170 | 3353 | 46 | 249 | 128 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 88 | 9 | 70 | 110 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 125 | 56 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 95 | 5 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 139 | 21 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 457 | 1089 | 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 | 6279 | 2897 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 108 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 34 | 12 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 4 | 3 | 75 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 136 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 159 | 823 | 857 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 6279 | 2742 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 141 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 95 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 42 | 10 | 60 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 21 | 3 | 81 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 280 | 829 | 857 | 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 | 10414 | 1833 | 19 | 171 | 290 | 63 | 7 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 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 | 10414 | 1812 | 20 | 191 | 300 | 66 | 7 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 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 | 89 | 1207 | 16 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 40 | 16 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 6 | 5 | 76 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 199 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 195 | 127 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 298 | 1380 | 1867 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 89 | 1052 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 122 | 13 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 61 | 9 | 84 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 18 | 7 | 39 | 105 | 18 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 134 | 41 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 463 | 1464 | 1867 | 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 | 4369 | 2824 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 8 | 231 | 13 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 84 | 12 | 128 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 58 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 186 | 0 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4365 | 2569 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 12 | 229 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 236 | 5 | 53 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 61 | 9 | 99 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 51 | 9 | 84 | 112 | 20 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 293 | 227 | 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 | 17841 | 2293 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 | 17841 | 2300 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |