MASIE May 20 2014 – Arctic Ice Extent By Region As of Day 139

May 20 2014  MASIE Update (Data here)

This is the gain/loss up to day 139. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.

According to MASIE Melting over the last 3 days in the Arctic has come to a standstill except for East Siberian Sea. Hudson Bay actually rose 11,652 sq km.

Region Start End Last 51 days Last 28 Last 14 Las t7 Last 3 Last 1
Bering Sea 697,324 145,425 -551,899 -399,331 -214,044 -149,845 -77,071 -1,383
Barents Sea 645,917 505,824 -140,093 -67,499 -193,240 -72,875 358 0
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 1,028,395 -58,742 -58,742 -58,742 -58,742 -58,742 -58,742
Sea of Okhotsk 853,240 93,755 -759,484 -282,711 -145,795 -34,575 -13,440 -6,319
Chukchi Sea 966,006 914,462 -51,544 -51,544 -46,558 -23,475 -12,332 4,563
Kara Sea 933,859 916,637 -17,222 -1,537 -18,386 -9,778 2,375 0
Laptev Sea 897,845 885,251 -12,594 -12,594 -12,594 -7,408 -8,091 -8,091
Baltic Sea 15,337 0 -15,337 -9,378 -8,402 -3,627 0 0
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 833,526 -19,689 -19,689 -19,689 -1,911 -658 0
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,246,820 24,899 289 -1,193 -922 72 0
Yellow Sea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 1,215,802 -472,728 -318,069 -119,373 4,557 42,202 -2,098
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 1,052,576 -17,869 -17,869 -7,547 6,574 2,588 0
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 1,231,307 -29,596 -29,596 -23,385 40,731 11,860 11,652
Greenland Sea 603,416 712,327 108,911 75,832 66,638 111,395 57,212 -1,406
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 12,783,313 -2,021,801 -1,193,438 -803,296 -200,271 -53,956 -61,824

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-139

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