This year’s Arctic sea ice minimum extent is tied for tenth lowest on record
The ice extent this year is tied with figures from 2017 and 2018.
September 23, 2022
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Arctic sea ice reached its yearly minimum extent earlier this month, at about 1.8 million square miles (4.67 million square kilometers), according to preliminary estimates from scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center that track sea ice.
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