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Sea Ice Extent – Day 142 – 7th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Antarctic Sets 53rd Daily Record For 2015

7th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

53rd Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.45 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

6th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

52nd Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.45 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

6th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

51st Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.5 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

May 20 2015 MASIE Update (Arctic Sea Ice dataset frm MASIE )

Two days of refreezing.

Region	59 days ago	End	Last 58	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Greenland Sea	633,474	647,406	13,932	13,001	37,857	53,989	31,691	-13,256
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,160,568	-100,335	-100,335	-76,549	-47,544	-15,385	-1,993
Sea of Okhotsk	551,895	185,756	-366,139	-350,332	-132,502	-9,640	5,637	-727
Chukchi Sea	966,006	928,975	-37,031	-37,031	-37,031	-35,375	-1,070	0
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,087,137	0	0	480	0	0	0
Laptev Sea	897,845	897,845	0	5,348	0	0	0	0
Kara Sea	935,023	915,110	-19,912	-1,756	-5,584	11,926	15,437	0
Barents Sea	596,771	406,237	-190,534	26,189	-36,561	73,221	68,530	0
Central Arctic	3,247,614	3,238,792	-8,822	7,451	-4,387	4,570	1,524	0
Bering Sea	667,281	149,931	-517,350	-512,453	-220,867	-80,209	-3,715	0
Baltic Sea	9,702	0	-9,702	-9,388	-4,407	-66	-66	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	847,114	-6,100	-6,100	-6,100	14,387	13,214	12,519
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,754,107	1,214,794	-539,313	-351,403	-131,898	15,852	13,695	15,216
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,025,061	-45,384	-45,384	-45,384	-10,254	-8,367	17,719

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,534,052	12,706,238	-1,827,814	-1,362,621	-663,360	-9,079	121,205	29,477

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-30,980	-48,665	-47,383	-1,297	40,402	29,477

5th Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

50th Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.5 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 2 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

3rd Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

49th Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.6 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 3 standard deviations.

Data: South / North

Region	53 days ago	End	Last 52	Last 28	Last 14	Last 7	Last 3	Last 1
Hudson Bay	1,260,903	1,189,801	-71,102	-68,483	-46,107	-45,967	-67,732	-18,311
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence	1,754,107	1,181,678	-572,429	-386,868	-164,206	-83,668	-48,318	-17,264
Chukchi Sea	966,006	954,458	-11,548	-11,548	-11,464	-11,548	-10,247	-9,892
Sea of Okhotsk	551,895	190,364	-361,531	-384,509	-156,301	-81,791	-38,700	-5,032
Barents Sea	596,771	330,094	-266,677	-78,187	-126,016	-82,792	-72,795	-2,922
Kara Sea	935,023	900,287	-34,736	-20,703	-34,408	-21,476	-14,754	-2,897
Beaufort Sea	1,070,445	1,034,833	-35,612	-35,612	-35,612	-35,612	-21,579	-483
East Siberian Sea	1,087,137	1,087,137	0	0	0	0	0	0
Laptev Sea	897,845	897,845	0	0	124	0	0	0
Canadian Archipelago	853,214	832,727	-20,487	-20,487	-20,488	-20,488	-20,488	0
Baltic Sea	9,702	66	-9,636	-9,502	-4,341	-470	0	0
Yellow Sea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Central Arctic	3,247,614	3,234,966	-12,648	14,663	-8,993	-8,412	-1,849	744
Bering Sea	667,281	236,031	-431,250	-413,246	-175,491	-64,476	-36,935	5,891
Greenland Sea	633,474	600,178	-33,296	-59,718	-8,683	1,654	89	6,761

Northern Hemisphere (Total)	14,534,052	12,671,911	-1,862,141	-1,474,709	-792,477	-455,539	-333,384	-43,406

NH (Average Loss per Day)			-35,135	-52,668	-56,606	-65,077	-111,128	-43,406

3rd Highest Global Sea Ice For This Day – Above one standard deviation.

45th Daily Record for Antarctic – 1.6 million above the 1981-2010 mean. – Above 3 standard deviations.

Data: South / North