Yearly sea ice extent (mill sq.meters) in the Arctic 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Max values: 15.861911 15.631516 15.115068 15.626777 15.649872 15.066194 15.587128 15.448982 15.419571 15.762452 15.205787 15.657047 15.093543 15.230900 15.461959 15.069497 14.922029 14.599507 15.208443 15.300214 14.909692 14.905740 15.190051 15.039705 15.052633 14.556808 14.221679 13.874945 14.204043 14.326666 14.457304 14.615088 14.082985 14.784365 14.490609 14.355932 13.969571 14.028481 13.773148 13.627456 14.015990 14.221519 14.088492 14.025803 13.784371 n7.603919 8.311097 7.793673 7.844860 8.026590 7.852074 7.625199 7.988051 7.980973 8.249600 7.720114 6.995110 7.369220 8.148008 7.270528 7.959585 6.915152 8.430097 7.437449 7.492131 7.186480 7.182424 7.506123 6.742881 6.889741 6.742402 6.385171 6.792986 5.240325 5.514404 6.121664 5.971400 5.559676 4.449483 5.976331 6.082102 5.501619 5.236144 5.469636 5.354499 5.053831 4.621238 5.662824 5.587484 5.101376