| 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 | 129 | 10 | 75 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 8 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 107 | 57 | 18 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 64 | 39 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 326 | 403 | 4437 | 30836 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 124 | 9 | 69 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 609 | 497 | 4463 | 30836 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 3038 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 94 | 3038 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9982 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 9982 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5654 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 5654 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 7246 |  | 
|  | 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 | 0 | 0 | 7245 |  | 
 | 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 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 3 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 583 | 1460 | 3155 |  | 
|  | 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 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 3 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 580 | 1458 | 3155 |  | 
 | 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 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 41 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 120 | 17 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 144 | 10 | 95 | 208 | 809 | 4610 | 4 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 191 | 16 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 225 | 18 | 127 | 216 | 717 | 4611 | 4 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2863 | 4055 | 44 | 130 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 125 | 36 | 180 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 50 | 16 | 186 | 177 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 5 | 2 | 74 | 219 | 70 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 305 | 42 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 1122 | 1307 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 2863 | 3981 | 44 | 152 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 152 | 27 | 126 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 73 | 22 | 135 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 16 | 3 | 101 | 161 | 54 | 8 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 163 | 206 | 29 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 188 | 1250 | 1313 | 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 | 5031 | 3405 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 104 | 12 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 46 | 6 | 100 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 20 | 3 | 63 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 167 | 22 | 2 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 631 | 1598 | 97 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 5031 | 3276 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 105 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 106 | 7 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 47 | 3 | 59 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 24 | 2 | 76 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 17 | 2 | 43 | 265 | 652 | 1600 | 97 |  | 
 | Southeast Greenland: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 7350 | 3355 | 50 | 285 | 220 | 51 | 3 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 31 | 15 | 82 | 59 | 15 | 6 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 118 | 25 | 10 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 77 | 57 | 8 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 95 | 152 | 14 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 448 | 309 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 7350 | 3333 | 57 | 341 | 298 | 77 | 5 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 32 | 3 | 49 | 69 | 34 | 11 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 21 | 5 | 31 | 53 | 80 | 12 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 44 | 71 | 10 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 60 | 121 | 24 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 365 | 288 | 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 | 189 | 18 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 5 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 153 | 673 | 3159 | 1199 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 166 | 11 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 24 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 195 | 672 | 3158 | 1199 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 526 | 4099 | 3962 |  | 
|  | 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 | 526 | 4099 | 3962 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11014 | 4533 | 60 | 237 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 38 | 13 | 155 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 218 | 14 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 84 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 1998 | 777 | 36 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11014 | 4506 | 54 | 224 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 62 | 16 | 117 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 3 | 3 | 118 | 134 | 8 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 158 | 38 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 156 | 85 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 518 | 1965 | 777 | 36 |  |