Record Low Arctic Sea Ice Extent for January

This image shows average Arctic sea ice concentration for January 2011, the lowest January extent in the satellite record.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using AMSR-E data and sea ice extent contours courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Caption by Michon Scott.

Published February 8, 2011
Data acquired January 1 - 31, 2011

Source:

Aqua > AMSR-E