Sea Ice Extent
WorldPhysical EnvironmentMean extent of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice between 1981 and 2010
NSIDCA world map shows the sea ice extent at the beginning of 2022, with the highest coverage in the Arctic region around Canada, Greenland, and Russia, and some presence in the Antarctic region. These regions are highlighted in light blue.
Sea Ice Extent | Risk level 1 (very low) | Risk level 2 | Risk level 3 (low) | Risk level 4 | Risk level 5 (moderate) | Risk level 6 | Major Manufacturing Regions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 35.0% | 0.129% | 0.194% | |||||
Arizona | 3.96% | 2.03% | 39.3% | 1.13% | 0.402% | 1.94% | ||
Utah | 2.19% | 24.0% | 59.1% | 0.958% | ||||
Yukon | 55.1% | 5.40% | 0.314% | |||||
Northwest Territories | 38.2% | 1.33% | 0.447% | |||||
District of Columbia | 100% | |||||||
Idaho | 13.6% | 8.18% | 32.7% | 2.94% | ||||
Vermont | 100% | |||||||
Wyoming | 4.91% | 55.5% | 0.561% | 1.00% | ||||
Nunavut | 0.158% | 0.396% | ||||||
Montana | 0.103% | 4.94% | 33.0% | 0.115% | ||||
North Dakota | 0.112% | 0.133% | 99.8% | |||||
Kentucky | 35.7% | 64.2% | ||||||
Nova Scotia | 79.0% | |||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1.54% | 95.4% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.108% | 7.01% | 1.30% | 0.348% | ||||
West Virginia | 92.7% | 3.42% | 3.86% | |||||
Nebraska | 2.05% | 97.8% | ||||||
Missouri | 0.633% | 95.9% | 1.63% | |||||
New Brunswick | 99.4% | |||||||
New Mexico | 12.1% | 35.9% | 20.3% | 0.704% | 1.02% | |||
Kansas | 99.9% | |||||||
British Columbia | 86.0% | 0.217% | 0.271% | |||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.162% | 57.4% | 1.10% | |||||
Alberta | 75.6% | 3.33% | 0.547% | |||||
Colorado | 0.180% | 45.2% | 14.2% | |||||
Nevada | 0.533% | 16.8% | 45.2% | 2.15% | ||||
Québec | 69.8% | 0.250% | ||||||
Manitoba | 81.9% | 8.24% | 0.169% | 0.546% | 0.815% | |||
Oklahoma | 0.595% | 1.38% | 56.8% | 10.9% | ||||
Tennessee | 0.102% | 89.8% | 7.28% | |||||
Ontario | 98.7% | 0.766% | ||||||
Arkansas | 94.1% | 5.38% | ||||||
South Dakota | 0.217% | 99.7% | ||||||
Minnesota | 0.208% | 99.8% | ||||||
Iowa | 99.9% | |||||||
Florida | 89.2% | 6.71% | 1.05% | |||||
New Hampshire | 100% | 9.56% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 95.3% | 95.4% | ||||||
Washington | 13.7% | 37.3% | 29.7% | 1.66% | 2.09% | |||
Maine | 99.4% | 1.13% | ||||||
Virginia | 14.9% | 82.6% | 1.66% | 1.67% | ||||
Delaware | 97.6% | 99.2% | ||||||
Mississippi | 3.08% | 18.3% | 68.7% | 1.07% | 7.80% | |||
Texas | 2.19% | 4.69% | 83.5% | 0.249% | 0.428% | 4.52% | ||
Louisiana | 1.01% | 23.5% | 68.0% | 1.27% | 41.4% | |||
North Carolina | 91.0% | 0.995% | 25.1% | |||||
Oregon | 8.75% | 34.0% | 16.1% | 3.46% | ||||
Alabama | 4.06% | 91.4% | 2.97% | 21.3% | ||||
Wisconsin | 8.12% | 88.8% | 5.64% | |||||
New Jersey | 98.6% | 99.7% | ||||||
South Carolina | 96.9% | 3.07% | 4.41% | |||||
Michigan | 51.8% | 0.907% | 14.6% | 0.520% | 7.08% | |||
Connecticut | 82.4% | 17.5% | 96.8% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 39.1% | 60.4% | 0.421% | 8.60% | ||||
Massachusetts | 92.1% | 4.34% | 69.1% | |||||
Georgia | 0.779% | 71.7% | 16.1% | 16.0% | ||||
New York | 80.6% | 16.2% | 5.11% | |||||
Maryland | 10.9% | 87.5% | 44.6% | |||||
California | 4.06% | 25.8% | 27.5% | 16.1% | 0.987% | 9.09% | ||
Ohio | 2.41% | 0.104% | 97.3% | 13.6% | ||||
Indiana | 4.47% | 95.5% | 3.18% | |||||
Illinois | 100% | 6.47% | ||||||
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