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Sea ice cover

The following diagrams show the sea ice cover of the last years. Separated into the northern and southern hemisphere there will be also displayed the fraction which lies within the range of the polar night.


Arctic (North Pole)

Sea ice cover change at the North Pole

Antarctic (South Pole)

Sea ice cover change at the South Pole

Historical change of the sea ice cover


Since 1978 satellites are measuring the changes in sea ice cover in the Arctic and Antarctic. The long-term review shows a decline of the sea ice cover in the Arctic region. In the opposite case there is detectable an increase in sea ice covering the Antarctic region.


Also available the sea ice cover trends of all months:

   January    February    March    April    May    June    July    August    September    October    November    December

Arctic from 1978 to date (North Pole)

Sea ice cover change at the North Pole

Antarctic from 1978 to date (South Pole)

Sea ice cover change at the South Pole

Global total 1978 to date

Sea ice cover global total