May 23 2014 MASIE Update
This is the gain/loss up to day 42. Negative = loss. Sorted with biggest loser in last 7 days at top. Northern Hemisphere is the grand total.
Over the last day Arctic Sea Ice actually rose 71,918 sq km.
Greenland Sea is actually 128,906 higher than it was 54 days ago. Central Arctic is a little higher than 54 days ago.
| Region | Start | End | Last 54 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 123,222 | -574,102 | -393,550 | -241,699 | -115,261 | -22,203 | 11,232 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 457,488 | -188,429 | -163,976 | -223,226 | -63,857 | -48,336 | 25,690 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 1,032,550 | -54,587 | -54,587 | -54,587 | -54,587 | 4,155 | 2,049 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 888,854 | -45,006 | -46,170 | -46,170 | -39,891 | -27,783 | 1,751 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 856,855 | -40,990 | -40,990 | -40,990 | -36,487 | -28,395 | 3,337 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 79,942 | -773,298 | -330,572 | -86,154 | -23,851 | -13,813 | -1,996 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 823,902 | -29,312 | -29,312 | -24,790 | -10,281 | -9,624 | 1,774 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 916,921 | -49,085 | -49,085 | -35,691 | -9,874 | 2,459 | 0 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,246,693 | 24,772 | -1,320 | -1,320 | -1,049 | -126 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | -8,356 | -9,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 1,179,599 | -508,931 | -380,919 | -75,117 | 5,981 | -36,203 | -9,376 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 1,230,482 | -30,422 | -30,422 | -24,442 | 13,734 | -825 | -2,019 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 1,065,340 | -5,105 | -5,105 | 8,745 | 15,352 | 12,764 | 0 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 732,322 | 128,906 | 88,573 | 113,953 | 97,131 | 19,995 | 39,459 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 12,635,360 | -2,169,755 | -1,446,806 | -741,488 | -223,244 | -147,953 | 71,918 |
sunshine hours 
The jump in ice extent in the Greenland sea on day 142 was followed on day 143 with another gain to a new maximum for the year.
Impressive to add 10% to extent at this point in the melt season.
Meanwhile Central Arctic is maintaining near to max, and Canadian Archipelago is down only 3% from max