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MASIE Arctic Aug 25 2014 – Biggest Central Arctic Drop This Year

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Aug 25 2014  MASIE Update – Biggest Central Arctic Drop This Year

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-236

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014236

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014236

Region 149 days ago End Last 148 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Central Arctic 3,221,921 2,980,531 -241,390 -228,576 -154,207 -77,721 -44,247 -34,005
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 560,060 -527,077 -430,860 -206,737 -72,835 -24,128 -13,493
Barents Sea 645,917 131,579 -514,338 51,732 31,988 21,634 7,783 -5,630
Laptev Sea 897,845 21,424 -876,421 -319,660 -116,495 -21,706 3,223 -3,789
Kara Sea 933,859 166,456 -767,404 -238,193 -50,725 -34,147 5,146 -3,536
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 49,738 -1,211,165 -150,716 -67,049 -19,528 -145 -145
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 711,272 -359,173 -121,260 -94,676 -41,662 6,670 0
Chukchi Sea 966,006 404,852 -561,154 -236,954 -117,703 -71,376 -10,035 0
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 10,242 -1,678,288 -72,380 -17,325 -1,565 -18 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 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
Greenland Sea 603,416 246,278 -357,137 -122,999 -42,691 -6,295 -7,963 1,456
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 515,494 -337,720 -172,094 -80,334 -8,049 -2,127 3,471
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,799,070 -9,006,045 -2,041,975 -915,954 -333,251 -65,842 -55,671
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,443 -72,928 -65,425 -47,607 -21,947 -55,671

MASIE Arctic Aug 24 2014 – 15,000 sq km Increase

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Aug 24 2014  MASIE Update – 15,000 Increase – 6 regions showed an increase – only 3 showed a drop

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-235

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014235

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014235

Region 148 days ago End Last 147 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,014,536 -207,386 -190,240 -131,202 -54,345 -14,605 -6,713
Chukchi Sea 966,006 404,852 -561,154 -236,954 -120,162 -70,049 -20,808 -1,270
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 573,553 -513,584 -417,368 -218,037 -55,118 -14,962 -510
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 10,242 -1,678,288 -74,504 -36,120 -2,355 86 0
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 49,883 -1,211,020 -151,752 -78,133 -37,837 -9,259 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 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
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 512,024 -341,190 -171,651 -92,818 -15,755 994 125
Laptev Sea 897,845 25,212 -872,632 -315,871 -126,287 -23,173 6,149 2,286
Kara Sea 933,859 169,991 -763,868 -234,657 -54,735 -17,139 12,432 2,647
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 711,272 -359,173 -120,479 -92,697 -52,538 7,545 2,851
Barents Sea 645,917 137,210 -508,707 57,363 40,597 24,340 27,949 6,024
Greenland Sea 603,416 244,823 -358,593 -111,964 -51,483 -22,020 -3,976 9,954
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,854,741 -8,950,374 -1,968,092 -961,078 -325,989 -8,456 15,393
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,476 -70,289 -68,648 -46,570 -2,819 15,393

MASIE Arctic Aug 22 2014 – Tiny Increase – 6 regions showed an increase

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Aug 22 2014  MASIE Update – Tiny Increase – 6 regions showed an increase – 5 showed a drop

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MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014233

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-233

Region 146 days ago End Last 145 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Chukchi Sea 966,006 414,888 -551,119 -213,679 -131,138 -84,122 -36,167 -10,773
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 49,883 -1,211,020 -141,278 -87,674 -43,060 -26,096 -9,259
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,024,778 -197,143 -166,592 -149,215 -67,937 -23,284 -4,362
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 584,188 -502,949 -391,822 -245,053 -77,401 -30,430 -4,327
Laptev Sea 897,845 18,201 -879,644 -328,371 -150,205 -42,348 -20,026 -863
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 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 10,260 -1,678,270 -92,978 -39,638 -4,648 484 104
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 704,602 -365,843 -113,145 -121,321 -72,404 -36,015 875
Kara Sea 933,859 161,310 -772,549 -276,831 -66,476 -42,057 -15,631 3,751
Greenland Sea 603,416 254,242 -349,174 -96,417 -32,266 -26,568 3,042 5,443
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 517,621 -335,593 -176,855 -104,532 -20,359 -2,659 6,591
Barents Sea 645,917 123,797 -522,120 41,552 26,312 13,434 10,070 14,536
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,864,912 -8,940,203 -1,956,432 -1,101,208 -467,469 -176,713 1,715
NH (Average Loss per Day) -61,234 -69,873 -78,658 -66,781 -58,904 1,715

MASIE Arctic Aug 21 2014 – Bigger Drop

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Aug 21 2014  MASIE Update – Bigger Drop

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-232

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014232

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014232

Region 145 days ago End Last 144 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 588,515 -498,622 -398,333 -268,938 -107,813 -44,380 -25,526
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,029,140 -192,781 -160,499 -151,074 -88,918 -29,112 -22,291
Greenland Sea 603,416 248,799 -354,617 -106,591 -37,702 -31,239 -3,775 -20,988
Laptev Sea 897,845 19,064 -878,781 -329,472 -158,993 -59,618 -24,066 -18,892
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 59,143 -1,201,761 -160,617 -81,006 -33,992 -10,123 -17,342
Kara Sea 933,859 157,559 -776,300 -282,627 -77,321 -49,383 -43,044 -16,092
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 703,727 -366,718 -112,742 -127,249 -85,738 -49,207 -12,265
Chukchi Sea 966,006 425,660 -540,346 -202,362 -130,142 -79,760 -50,568 -11,918
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 511,030 -342,184 -183,684 -121,614 -42,312 -12,514 -8,499
Barents Sea 645,917 109,261 -536,656 22,964 11,544 -2,894 -684 -4,466
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 10,157 -1,678,374 -101,523 -39,742 -10,549 -1,651 -925
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -15 0 0 0 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
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 5,863,197 -8,941,918 -2,015,501 -1,182,237 -592,217 -269,125 -159,205
NH (Average Loss per Day) -61,668 -71,982 -84,446 -84,602 -89,708 -159,205

MASIE Arctic Aug 20 2014 – Tiny Melt – Central Arctic Shows Freeze (or uncompaction)

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Aug 20 2014  MASIE Update – Tiny Melt … Central Arctic has more ice for first time in 2 weeks. 3 other regions also grew (see bottom table).

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MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014231

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014231

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-231

Region 144 days ago End Last 143 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 715,992 -354,453 -109,619 -106,453 -73,473 -47,818 -24,625
Chukchi Sea 966,006 437,579 -528,427 -209,798 -123,683 -67,842 -37,322 -13,476
Kara Sea 933,859 173,651 -760,208 -323,859 -109,217 -37,863 -13,479 -3,290
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 519,529 -333,685 -190,576 -137,031 -46,510 -8,249 -751
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 614,041 -473,096 -391,938 -254,743 -89,880 -14,630 -577
Laptev Sea 897,845 37,955 -859,889 -339,566 -161,828 -52,366 -10,430 -271
Barents Sea 645,917 113,727 -532,190 23,174 19,410 295 857 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -1,339 0 0 0 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
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 76,484 -1,184,419 -176,798 -63,681 -30,661 -11,236 505
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 11,082 -1,677,449 -106,453 -44,596 -9,842 -1,516 1,305
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,051,432 -170,490 -144,797 -149,260 -70,696 -17,449 3,369
Greenland Sea 603,416 269,787 -333,629 -126,603 -77,260 -13,178 2,944 18,587
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,022,402 -8,782,713 -2,098,170 -1,208,341 -492,015 -158,328 -19,223
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,991 -74,935 -86,310 -70,288 -52,776 -19,223

MASIE Arctic Aug 19 2014 – Steady Melting – Barents Sea and Hudson Bay Gained a Little

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Aug 19 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting of 50-90,000 per day… Central Arctic is melting about 10,000 sq km a day.

Barents Sea and Hudson Bay gained a little. The others melted.

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MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014230

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014230

MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-230

Region 143 days ago End Last 142 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Chukchi Sea 966,006 451,054 -514,952 -196,322 -132,562 -60,477 -38,712 -25,174
Kara Sea 933,859 176,941 -756,918 -325,620 -105,927 -41,654 -24,720 -23,662
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 614,618 -472,519 -393,816 -271,650 -114,642 -36,467 -18,278
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 740,617 -329,828 -85,801 -110,392 -49,325 -31,369 -12,317
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,048,063 -173,859 -148,166 -150,667 -82,382 -32,976 -10,189
Laptev Sea 897,845 38,226 -859,618 -339,295 -160,087 -88,108 -13,869 -4,904
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 520,280 -332,934 -188,066 -139,484 -54,230 -18,578 -3,264
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 9,776 -1,678,754 -113,716 -49,006 -15,600 -4,171 -2,031
Greenland Sea 603,416 251,200 -352,215 -145,190 -94,814 -33,511 -29,644 -1,374
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -1,339 0 0 0 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
Barents Sea 645,917 113,727 -532,190 23,174 23,436 6,082 2,118 3,782
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 75,979 -1,184,924 -194,952 -70,293 -31,215 -12,886 6,714
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,041,625 -8,763,490 -2,109,108 -1,261,447 -565,062 -241,273 -90,697
NH (Average Loss per Day) -61,283 -75,325 -90,103 -80,723 -80,424 -90,697

MASIE Arctic Aug 17 2014 – Steady Melting – Barents Sea Has Been Gaining Ice For Weeks

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Aug 17 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting … But it has slowed from  25,000 sq km a day to 12,000 sq km over last two days

Barents Sea Has Been Gaining Ice For 4 Weeks

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MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014228 MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014228 MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-228

Region 141 days ago End Last 140 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 628,671 -458,466 -384,338 -266,834 -162,919 -67,657 -22,414
Chukchi Sea 966,006 474,901 -491,105 -173,659 -120,625 -50,114 -30,520 -14,865
Kara Sea 933,859 187,131 -746,729 -340,810 -128,957 -37,596 -19,812 -14,531
Greenland Sea 603,416 266,843 -336,573 -152,927 -85,187 -29,463 -13,195 -14,002
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,068,880 -153,041 -135,772 -136,108 -76,857 -49,178 -12,159
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 527,779 -325,436 -182,407 -150,443 -77,063 -25,564 -11,079
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 763,810 -306,635 -72,831 -89,839 -40,159 -25,655 -8,176
Laptev Sea 897,845 48,385 -849,459 -342,570 -164,653 -103,114 -30,296 -3,710
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 12,597 -1,675,933 -133,960 -59,951 -33,765 -8,108 -1,350
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 87,721 -1,173,183 -209,363 -67,147 -40,296 -5,414 -1,144
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -787 0 0 0 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
Barents Sea 645,917 112,870 -533,047 13,781 18,252 16,257 716 1,261
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,180,730 -8,624,384 -2,115,642 -1,251,492 -635,089 -274,684 -102,168
NH (Average Loss per Day) -61,166 -75,559 -89,392 -90,727 -91,561 -102,168

MASIE Arctic Aug 15 2014 – Steady Melting – Central Arctic is melting

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Aug 15 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting … But 25,000 sq km a day is less than 1%.

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-226 MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014226 MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014226

 

Region 139 days ago End Last 138 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 661,589 -425,548 -323,275 -268,028 -167,652 -67,671 -34,740
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,092,715 -129,206 -96,657 -114,296 -81,279 -37,730 -25,344
Laptev Sea 897,845 60,549 -837,296 -314,024 -187,072 -107,857 -65,786 -18,132
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 537,980 -315,234 -167,662 -151,849 -84,174 -36,530 -15,362
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 777,006 -293,439 -35,505 -69,927 -48,917 -12,936 -12,459
Chukchi Sea 966,006 499,010 -466,996 -139,212 -108,104 -47,016 -12,521 -6,411
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 14,908 -1,673,622 -107,441 -62,059 -34,990 -10,468 -5,797
Kara Sea 933,859 203,367 -730,492 -366,257 -146,587 -24,419 -15,228 -3,575
Barents Sea 645,917 110,363 -535,554 17,597 17,996 12,878 2,718 -1,792
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 92,943 -1,167,960 -200,665 -76,329 -44,615 -14,252 -192
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -7,345 0 0 0 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
Greenland Sea 603,416 280,810 -322,606 -129,470 -71,727 -5,698 -3,902 772
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,332,381 -8,472,733 -1,869,915 -1,237,982 -633,738 -274,305 -123,033
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,955 -66,783 -88,427 -90,534 -91,435 -123,033

MASIE Arctic Aug 14 2014 – Steady Melting – Central Arctic is melting slowly last few days

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Aug 14 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting … but only 100,000 sq km in last 2 weeks.

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MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014225 MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014225 MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-225

 

Region 138 days ago End Last 137 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 93,135 -1,167,768 -212,462 -72,244 -47,013 -23,652 -14,010
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 553,342 -299,872 -152,299 -141,531 -79,302 -42,486 -12,697
Laptev Sea 897,845 78,681 -819,164 -294,331 -182,708 -99,376 -59,238 -11,640
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 696,329 -390,809 -272,269 -238,866 -161,125 -70,468 -7,593
Kara Sea 933,859 206,942 -726,917 -350,088 -141,195 -27,938 -10,238 -4,571
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,118,059 -103,863 -67,052 -92,180 -62,156 -16,679 -4,069
Greenland Sea 603,416 280,038 -323,378 -130,531 -76,783 -6,463 -8,932 -2,927
Barents Sea 645,917 112,155 -533,763 24,265 28,218 14,438 12,564 -1,277
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 20,706 -1,667,825 -104,861 -55,746 -29,193 -6,862 -218
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 789,465 -280,980 -23,046 -48,778 -41,510 -16,482 0
Chukchi Sea 966,006 505,421 -460,585 -132,801 -107,525 -50,382 -17,135 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -7,345 0 0 0 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
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,455,414 -8,349,701 -1,722,821 -1,129,338 -590,019 -259,610 -59,002
NH (Average Loss per Day) -60,505 -61,529 -80,667 -84,288 -86,537 -59,002

MASIE Arctic Aug 10 2014 – Steady Melting – Central Arctic is melting

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Aug 10 2014  MASIE Update – Steady Melting … Central Arctic is melting.

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MASIE Arctic Ice Extent as of 2014-221

MASIE Central_Arctic Freeze.Melt as of 2014221

MASIE Northern_Hemisphere Freeze.Melt as of 2014221

Region 134 days ago End Last 133 Last 28 Last 14 Last 7 Last 3 Last 1
Central Arctic 3,221,921 3,145,737 -76,184 -57,678 -59,038 -59,251 -34,477 -22,901
East Siberian Sea 1,087,137 791,590 -295,547 -182,067 -199,330 -103,915 -65,863 -22,841
Beaufort Sea 1,070,445 803,969 -266,476 -36,621 -27,781 -49,680 -27,006 -20,195
Canadian Archipelago 853,214 604,842 -248,372 -123,937 -78,833 -73,380 -27,803 -10,425
Baffin Bay Gulf of St. Lawrence 1,688,530 46,363 -1,642,168 -116,552 -38,384 -26,186 -3,536 -6,523
Hudson Bay 1,260,903 128,016 -1,132,887 -337,806 -73,619 -26,852 -12,132 -5,433
Chukchi Sea 966,006 525,015 -440,991 -125,838 -116,792 -70,511 -30,787 -4,666
Kara Sea 933,859 224,726 -709,133 -447,050 -179,922 -91,361 -10,154 -4,101
Barents Sea 645,917 96,613 -549,304 -1,960 16,766 1,995 -1,104 0
Bering Sea 697,324 0 -697,324 -8,658 -15 0 0 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
Laptev Sea 897,845 151,499 -746,346 -270,255 -189,584 -61,540 -26,558 383
Greenland Sea 603,416 296,306 -307,110 -136,411 -60,481 -55,724 9,806 18,966
Northern Hemisphere (Total) 14,805,115 6,815,819 -7,989,295 -1,844,834 -1,007,014 -616,403 -229,614 -77,737
NH (Average Loss per Day) -59,622 -65,887 -71,930 -88,058 -76,538 -77,737