We somehow made it to Friday! Yay! Here's your end of the week sea ice update:

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 9th lowest on record (JAXA data).

• about 180,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 530,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,160,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,480,000 km² below the 1980s mean

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