Monthly Archives: July 2026

New Record Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier

Here is an animation of recent events at the Jakobshavn Glacier, courtesy of Espen Olsen at the Arctic Sea Ice Forum. The animation compares the position of the glacier’s calving front during the previous record retreat in August 2015 with its position on July 19th 2026.

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[Update – August 7th]

There has been another large calving of Jakobshavn Glacier, resulting in a new record retreat:

“True colour” image of Jakobshavn Glacier on August 6th from the MSI instrument on the Sentinel-2 satellites

[Update – August 10th]

There has been yet another large calving of Jakobshavn Glacier, and hence another new record retreat:

“True colour” image of Jakobshavn Glacier on August 8th from the MSI instrument on the Sentinel-2 satellites

Facts About the Arctic in July 2026

At the beginning of July the JAXA/ViSHOP web site is undergoing maintenance yet again! Here here is how their 2 day average extent graph looked for July 1st:

Image: binntho on the Arctic Sea Ice Forum

Extent is currently second lowest for the date, above 2025 by a whisker.

Looking next at temperature anomalies across the Arctic, the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are slightly cooler than the 1979-2000 climatology. However, the East Siberian Sea and particularly the Canadian Arctic Archipelago are well above what used to be considered “normal”:

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