2nd Lowest Artic Sea Ice Extent in period 1979 to 2009
Posted by JAC on 11/19/2009, 7:03 am
Sea ice extent grew throughout October, as the temperature dropped and darkness returned to the Arctic. However, a period of relatively slow ice growth early in the month kept the average ice extent low-October 2009 had the second-lowest ice extent for the month over the 1979 to 2009 period.


Sea ice extent averaged over October 2009 was 7.50 million square kilometers (2.90 million square miles). This was 1.79 million square kilometers (691,000 square miles) below the 1979 to 2000 mean for October, but 730,000 square kilometers (282,000 square miles) above the record low for the month, which occurred in October 2007


http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/


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