Arctic hemisphere satellite image: sea ice minimum annually

From 2010 and onwards, the Canadian Ice Service will be using MODIS composites to display the minimum sea ice extents in the Arctic Ocean in mid-September. The data were acquired from "Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA".

More information on sea ice extents over the Arctic Ocean: NASA loop of the Arctic Ice for the summer 2011 (MOV; 18.6 MB)