Here’s the latest graph of Arctic sea ice extent from JAXA/ViSHOP, with 2021 and 2015 highlighted:
Extent fell by over 100,000 square kilometres between February 16th and 17th! Can that steep fall continue, as it did for one more day in 2015?
Here too is Zack Labe’s 2021 overview of JAXA maximum extent over the previous couple of decades:
