This is the next in a series of diaries on the state of Arctic sea ice (and other topics as warranted) in memory of Johnny Rook, who passed away in early 2009. He was the author of the Climaticide Chronicles.
Arctic sea ice reached its minimum extent (the area covered 15% or more sea ice) last week on 18 September 2010, according to the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Since the minimum, sea ice extent in the Arctic Basin has increased by almost 300,000 km2 to about 5.1 million km2 as of 24 September.
Here's a the Barrow AK Arctic Sea Ice webcam at 14:36 Alaska Time on 25 September. There's a trace of snow on the ground, but no sea ice as yet. Conditions at photo time are annotated.
More below.
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