{"id":389955,"date":"2025-07-20T14:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389955"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T12:06:07","slug":"west-arctic-nw-passage-see-3rd-highest-sea-ice-extent-in-over-2-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=389955","title":{"rendered":"West Arctic, NW Passage See 3rd Highest Sea Ice Extent In Over 2 Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"389959\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=389959\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OIG.dREC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/2025\/07\/19\/west-arctic-nw-passage-see-3rd-highest-sea-ice-extent-in-over-2-decades\/\">NoTrickZone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/notrickszone.com\/author\/admin\/\">P Gosselin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Higher Than 1981!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>An analysis of summer sea ice areas in the West Arctic including the NW Passage\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iceweb1.cis.ec.gc.ca\/Prod\/page2.xhtml?CanID=11081&amp;lang=en&amp;title=Western+Arctic\">the Canadian government<\/a>, shows that ice area levels remain above average.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hat-tip:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wobleibtdieglobaleerwaermung.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/04\/siebenschlaefer-mit-schaukelsommer-in-mitteleuropa\/\">Snowfan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"555\" data-attachment-id=\"389957\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=389957\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-578.png?fit=801%2C615&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"801,615\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-578.png?fit=723%2C555&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-578.png?resize=723%2C555&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-578.png?w=801&amp;ssl=1 801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-578.png?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-578.png?resize=768%2C590&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iceweb1.cis.ec.gc.ca\/Prod\/page2.xhtml?CanID=11081&amp;lang=en&amp;title=Western+Arctic\">Canadian Ice Service<\/a>&nbsp;data show that the sea ice areas in the period from June 25 to July 16, 2025 continue to be above average (far right) and even larger than at the beginning of the measurements in 1981 (far left).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, for the period June 25 \u2013 July 16, the levels are the third highest in over 20 years. Data source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/iceweb1.cis.ec.gc.ca\/Prod\/page2.xhtml?CanID=11081&amp;lang=en&amp;title=Western+Arctic\">Canada Ice Service<\/a>&nbsp;for sea ice areas in the Western Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An analysis of summer sea ice areas in the West Arctic including the NW Passage\u00a0by\u00a0the Canadian government, shows that ice area levels remain above average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":389959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691836693,691818895,691836694],"class_list":{"0":"post-389955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-nw-passage","9":"tag-sea-ice","10":"tag-west-arctic","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG.dREC_.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1DrB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":337077,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=337077","url_meta":{"origin":389955,"position":0},"title":"Arctic Sea Ice \u2018Choke Points\u2019 Reducing NW Passage Shipping Season Length By 5-14 Weeks Since 2007","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"20\/07\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Global warming was supposed to open up Arctic region shipping routes, making the Northwest Passage easier and less risky to traverse. 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