Day 289: MASIE extent grows by 592,000 in the last 4 days to 7.33 M Km2 or 47% of March max.
Ice is recovering at a rate of almost 1% of max per day.
Most with ice remaining are recovering strongly, especially Canadian Archipelago, Kara and Laptev Seas
Regions exceeding the NH ice extent average:
Central Arctic has grown back to 98% of the max last March
Canadian Archipelago is now at 86%
Beaufort Sea is up to 78%
Greenland Sea is up to 52%
East Siberian Sea is at 54%
Kara has grown to 49%,
Chukchi has grown to 42%,
Laptev has grown to 41%
sunshine hours 
Day 289: MASIE extent grows by 592,000 in the last 4 days to 7.33 M Km2 or 47% of March max.
Ice is recovering at a rate of almost 1% of max per day.
Most with ice remaining are recovering strongly, especially Canadian Archipelago, Kara and Laptev Seas
Regions exceeding the NH ice extent average:
Central Arctic has grown back to 98% of the max last March
Canadian Archipelago is now at 86%
Beaufort Sea is up to 78%
Greenland Sea is up to 52%
East Siberian Sea is at 54%
Kara has grown to 49%,
Chukchi has grown to 42%,
Laptev has grown to 41%