Antarctic sea ice shrinks to smallest footprint on record
Sea ice at the South Pole grows and shrinks every year. On Wednesday, the extent of that ice was the smallest ever recorded at just under 2 million square kilometers.
Annual minimum Antarctic sea ice extent
3.5 million square km.
3m
2.5m
2m
1.995 million
square km.
Feb. 16, 2022
1.5m
1m
500k
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
3.5 million square km.
3m
2.5m
2m
1.995 million
square km.
Feb. 16, 2022
1.5m
1m
500k
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
3.5 million square km.
3m
2.5m
2m
1.995 million
square km.
Feb. 16, 2022
1.5m
1m
500k
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
