North Pole Sea Ice Minimum 2009

On September 12, 2009, sea ice reached its annual minimum extent, covering 5.10 million square kilometers (2.97 million square miles) of the Arctic Ocean. This image shows the 2009 ice extent compared to the 1979-2000 average.

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NASA images created by Jesse Allen and Rob Simmon, using AMSR-E sea ice concentration data provided courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published September 19, 2009
Data acquired September 12, 2009

Source:

Aqua > AMSR-E

Topic:

Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Sea Ice Concentration