Sea Ice Extent – Day 229 – Antarctica’s Drop is not that Weird

Is Antarctica’s big drop strange? No.

For day 229  since around 2002 there has been 2-3 big jumps up in a row followed by a single very large drop and then more jumps up.

Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for Day 229 From 1978

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Sea Ice Extent – Day 222 – No Data as of 7:55am PDT

No Data (for day 222) as of 7:55am PDT

The data usually arrives at 6:49am PST.

Update:

Global_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_222_1981-2010

Antarctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_222_1981-2010

Arctic_Sea_Ice_Extent_Zoomed_2015_Day_222_1981-2010

South / North