On 28/02/17 16:00, N_Cook wrote:
May have reached maximum extent on 26 Feb 2017, at 14.368 x10^6 sq km as
27 Feb had dropped to 14.341 and end of Feb is about the usual end of
the season.
Previous lowest maximum sea-ice extent for the Arctic , believed to be
14.517 x10^6 sq km, on 25 Feb 2015 (NSIDC method)
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ch...sea-ice-graph/

You need to wait at least another month before making any judgements on
that score; the maximum could occur any time during March. In 2012, the
extent was still greater in early April than the maximum achieved by the
end of February.

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