JAXA Arctic sea ice extent has just reached a new high for the year. At 13.76 million km² extent is currently 4th lowest for the date, just below last year’s maximum of 13.78 million km²:

At the end of February PIOMAS Arctic sea ice volume was 2nd lowest for the date at 17.54 km³:

Here is the associated sea ice thickness map:

For comparison purposes, here is the Alfred Wegener Institute’s CryoSat-2/Sentinel 3/SMOS Arctic sea ice thickness map at the end of February:

and the associated volume graph:

Watch this space!