| 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 | 127 | 7 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 19 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 15 | 4 | 45 | 129 | 802 | 5657 | 29746 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 124 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 19 | 7 | 69 | 184 | 816 | 5657 | 29746 |  | 
 | 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 | 0 | 272 | 2861 |  | 
|  | 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 | 272 | 2861 |  | 
 | 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 | 14 | 22 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 1773 | 8012 |  | 
|  | 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 | 20 | 24 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 1771 | 8012 |  | 
 | 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 | 24 | 6 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 15 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 105 | 1955 | 3455 |  | 
|  | 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 | 6 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 59 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 1887 | 3455 |  | 
 | 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 | 57 | 7189 |  | 
|  | 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 | 57 | 7189 |  | 
 | 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 | 52 | 1714 | 3560 |  | 
|  | 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 | 16 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1698 | 3560 |  | 
 | 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 | 104 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 29 | 4 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 12 | 7 | 62 | 157 | 272 | 2739 | 2789 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 0 | 83 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 41 | 12 | 104 | 189 | 277 | 2738 | 2779 |  | 
 | Barents Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3410 | 4580 | 47 | 154 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 157 | 11 | 122 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 54 | 24 | 157 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 14 | 0 | 79 | 150 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 225 | 112 | 4 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 264 | 1339 | 238 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 3410 | 4567 | 50 | 173 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 148 | 18 | 87 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 70 | 14 | 145 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 13 | 0 | 87 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 148 | 82 | 7 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 382 | 1365 | 235 | 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 | 4558 | 3170 | 20 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 55 | 16 | 95 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 7 | 105 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 130 | 12 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 187 | 247 | 151 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 871 | 1706 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 4558 | 3149 | 19 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 59 | 11 | 73 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 28 | 11 | 87 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 140 | 30 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 1100 | 1857 | 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 | 7659 | 3541 | 28 | 85 | 69 | 27 | 4 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 94 | 23 | 91 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 11 | 17 | 114 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 188 | 30 | 2 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 664 | 0 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 16 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 7659 | 3556 | 36 | 127 | 71 | 29 | 5 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 75 | 13 | 76 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 15 | 18 | 84 | 89 | 13 | 2 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 137 | 47 | 1 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 415 | 16 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 | 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 | 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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 462 | 3663 | 1465 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 145 | 466 | 3677 | 1465 |  | 
 | 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 | 1 | 73 | 886 | 7627 |  | 
|  | 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 | 1 | 73 | 886 | 7627 |  | 
 | Labrador Sea: | 
|
| 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11463 | 3684 | 11 | 91 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 382 | 19 | 49 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 137 | 25 | 160 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 70 | 14 | 147 | 208 | 31 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 24 | 16 | 81 | 391 | 184 | 5 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 275 | 1411 | 1198 | 0 |  | 
|  | observations |  
|  | Ice free | Ice free near MIZ
 | OW | VODI | ODI | CDI | VCDI near MIZ
 | VCDI |  
| m o
 d
 e
 l
 | Ice free | 11463 | 3907 | 25 | 121 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 0 |  
| OW | 0 | 210 | 17 | 55 | 41 | 35 | 0 | 0 |  
| VODI | 0 | 141 | 33 | 113 | 77 | 53 | 0 | 0 |  
| ODI | 0 | 40 | 8 | 141 | 126 | 62 | 0 | 0 |  
| CDI | 0 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 273 | 300 | 14 | 0 |  
| VCDI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 379 | 1168 | 1189 | 0 |  |