Aug 1 2014 MASIE Update – A Tiny Melt After a Tiny Freeze
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| Region | 125 days ago | End | Last 124 | Last 28 | Last 14 | Last 7 | Last 3 | Last 1 |
| Laptev Sea | 897,845 | 247,621 | -650,224 | -277,930 | -126,952 | -98,950 | -67,618 | -13,768 |
| Chukchi Sea | 966,006 | 607,114 | -358,893 | -128,343 | -31,108 | -21,454 | -26,346 | -5,833 |
| East Siberian Sea | 1,087,137 | 929,618 | -157,520 | -84,380 | -55,246 | -46,393 | -57,488 | -5,577 |
| Canadian Archipelago | 853,214 | 689,829 | -163,385 | -56,733 | -15,813 | -4,647 | -5,214 | -5,044 |
| Greenland Sea | 603,416 | 352,537 | -250,879 | -154,607 | -57,742 | 1,878 | -4,771 | -4,284 |
| Central Arctic | 3,221,921 | 3,207,011 | -14,910 | -22,494 | 17,639 | 15,641 | -1,496 | -3,227 |
| Bering Sea | 697,324 | 0 | -697,324 | -12,503 | -7,345 | -15 | -15 | 0 |
| Baltic Sea | 15,337 | 0 | -15,337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sea of Okhotsk | 853,240 | 0 | -853,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellow Sea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence | 1,688,530 | 76,967 | -1,611,563 | -297,142 | -45,383 | -26,272 | 1,116 | 516 |
| Kara Sea | 933,859 | 349,954 | -583,906 | -401,937 | -219,670 | -88,187 | 13,883 | 1,817 |
| Hudson Bay | 1,260,903 | 169,271 | -1,091,632 | -556,349 | -124,336 | -21,890 | -3,460 | 3,892 |
| Barents Sea | 645,917 | 92,367 | -553,550 | -48,112 | -399 | 10,122 | 15,240 | 8,430 |
| Beaufort Sea | 1,070,445 | 846,933 | -223,512 | -42,622 | 34,421 | 29,185 | 13,772 | 8,689 |
| Northern Hemisphere (Total) | 14,805,115 | 7,570,363 | -7,234,752 | -2,083,522 | -631,934 | -250,981 | -122,396 | -14,389 |
| NH (Average Loss per Day) | -57,878 | -74,412 | -45,138 | -35,854 | -40,799 | -14,389 |
sunshine hours 
The media spin by nsidc has begun!
2014 extent could edge out 2006 and be the best extent in a decade, but that is not how nsidc fill spin it :
Arctic Sea ice level nears record low
According to US scientist Julienne Stroeve, from the National Snow and Ice Data Center: “It’s likely that it will be among the top 10 lowest.”
http://uk.weather.com/story/news/arctic-sea-ice-level-nears-record-low-20140801
I hate the weather channel