May 5, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has now decreased by a higher rate of 3.02% from the level on 04/28/2022 of 13.649 M km2 to 13.237 M km2 for this week.
![](https://akclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NH_seaice_extent-2022-5-5-1024x623.png)
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).
![](https://akclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NH_seaice_extent-anomaly2022-5-5-1024x623.png)
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).