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Global sea ice levels, Arctic and Antarctic, were at their lowest point in the satellite record on 13 February 2017. Antarctic Sea Ice: Antarctic maximum - 31 August 2016, Antarctic minimum 3 March 2017 (2.11 million square kilometers) Arctic Sea Ice: Arctic minimum 10 September 2016, Arctic maximum 7 March 2017 (14.42 million square kilometers)Credits:NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC)AMSR2 data courtesy of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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