May 18 2014 MASIE Update
This is the gain/loss up to day 137. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.
Over the last 3 days Arctic Sea Ice actually rose a tiny amount – 5,806 sq km.
Over the last 49 days sea ice has dropped -1,956,398 sq km. But Greenland Sea and Central Arctic are actually higher than they were 49 days ago. An interesting quirk.
| Region | Start | End | Last 49 Days | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 167,044 | -530,279 | -373,995 | -188,021 | -137,564 | -56,458 | -55,452 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 495,673 | -150,244 | -88,856 | -186,479 | -91,981 | -48,466 | -9,793 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 1,199,795 | -488,735 | -310,601 | -132,236 | -42,387 | 41,792 | 26,195 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 104,167 | -749,072 | -288,825 | -158,566 | -38,253 | 2,073 | -3,028 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 928,693 | -37,314 | -37,314 | -23,728 | -24,692 | 379 | 1,898 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 1,053,027 | -17,418 | -17,418 | -17,418 | -17,418 | 4,479 | 3,040 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 913,275 | -20,584 | -14,243 | -21,748 | -13,538 | -15,302 | -987 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | -9,411 | -8,219 | -8,065 | -2,673 | 0 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 1,217,514 | -43,389 | -43,389 | -36,414 | -2,194 | 4,037 | -1,933 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,246,747 | 24,826 | 217 | -1,265 | -1,265 | -994 | 0 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 1,087,137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 833,526 | -19,689 | -19,689 | -19,689 | 429 | -658 | -658 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 893,342 | -4,503 | -4,503 | -4,503 | 683 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 707,569 | 104,153 | 54,117 | 50,743 | 106,937 | 77,888 | 52,454 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 12,848,716 | -1,956,398 | -1,154,910 | -748,542 | -269,679 | 5,806 | 11,447 |
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More surprise. On day 138, Greenland Sea has a new max ice extent of 713733 Km2. Central Arctic still at max (-0.04%) and Canadian Archipelago holding at -2%.