Arctic sea ice reaches lowest extent for 2014

The Arctic’s sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 17, 2014. Sea ice extent on that day was measured at 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles). It was the sixth-lowest extent recorded since satellites began measuring sea ice in 1979.

Arctic sea ice extent for September 17, 2014 was 5.02 million square kilometers

Sea ice extent in Antarctica, where it is late winter, has surpassed the satellite-era record for maximum ice extent.

Antarctic sea ice extent for September 20, 2014 was 20.07 million square kilometers

fonte:National snow & data Center