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Data acquired September 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011 8 MB - MOV
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In September 2011, the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record.
NASA Earth Observatory images created by Jesse Allen, using AMSR-E sea ice concentration data provided courtesy of the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Caption based on text from Patrick Lynch (NASA) and Katherine Leitzell (NSIDC), edited by Michael Carlowicz.
Published October 5, 2011 Data acquired September 9, 2011