Figure 1

This figure appears in the Indicator: Arctic Sea Ice Extent report.

With 2.7 million square miles of Arctic sea extent in 1979 and 1.7 million square miles in 2019, this graph shows a decline in Arctic sea ice extent of almost 40%.

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The time range for this figure is September 01, 1979 (00:00 AM) to September 30, 2019 (00:00 AM).

This figure was created on December 01, 2017.

This figure was submitted on June 29, 2020.

The spatial range for this figure is 60° to 90° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude.

Provenance

This figure was derived from table 1: Arctic Sea Ice Extent

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