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Facts About the Arctic in June 2025

June 12, 2025News50 Let Pobedy, AMSR2, Beaufort Sea, Cape Dezhnev, Chukchi Sea, Extent, Georgiy Ushakov, JAXA, Laptev Sea, North Pole, NSIDC, Pevek, PIOMAS, SSMIS, Svalbard, Thickness, Vaygach, Volume, WUWT, YamalJim Hunt

I’ve been away on a “road trip” during the first part of June, so this month’s initial update is a trifle tardy.

After a 100k “break” yesterday JAXA/ViSHOP extent is currently in a tie with 2024 for 4th lowest for the date, and still slightly below 2012.

The PIOMAS sea ice thickness map for May 31st continues to show plenty of thick ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas:

However, the associated volume graph shows the 2025 curve only slightly above the previous low for the date in 2017:

I have recently received a disturbing email from the NSIDC, which reads as follows:

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The North Pole in the Summer of 2022

July 25, 2022News50 Let Pobedy, AMSR2, AWI, Concentration, IMB Buoys, Kronprins Haakon, Le Commandant Charcot, Marcel Nicolaus, North Pole, Ole Arve Misund, Snow Buoys, ThicknessJim Hunt

After a long hiatus courtesy of the demise of the annual Barneo ice camp and the Covid-19 pandemic we are pleased to be able to report that an ice mass balance buoy has once again been installed on a floe in the vicinity of the North Pole. Here’s the evidence:

The ship in the background is not a traditional research icebreaker. It is Ponant Cruises’ Le Commandant Charcot, one of a number of new ice hardened cruise ships voyaging across the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Le Commandant Charcot reached 90N on July 13th:

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Facts About the Arctic in July 2022

July 1, 2022News50 Let Pobedy, Age, AMSR2, ASIF, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Extent, IMB Buoys, La Niña, Le Commandant Charcot, Lincoln Sea, North Pole, NSIDC, PIOMAS, Thickness, Utqiaġvik, VolumeJim Hunt

After a relatively rapid decline at the beginning of June Arctic sea extent is now very close to the 2010s average:

Both 2020 and 2021 began relatively rapid declines of their own at the beginning of July, so it will be interesting to see if 2022 follows suit.

Most of the fast ice off Utqiaġvik has recently disappeared:

Meanwhile further out into the Chukchi Sea the sea ice looks to be in poor shape at the moment, with surface melting apparent across the entire region:

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The Great White Con

Putting the Arctic sea ice record straight

Tag Archives: 50 Let Pobedy

Facts About the Arctic in June 2025

The North Pole in the Summer of 2022

Facts About the Arctic in July 2022