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2012 Arctic Sea Ice Minimum – Lowest Ever
September 19, 2012 | National Snow & Ice Data Center

Arctic sea ice cover likely melted to its minimum extent for the year on September 16, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Sea ice extent fell to 3.41 million square kilometers, now the lowest summer minimum extent in the satellite record.” Quoted from the National Snow & Ice Data Center.


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