December 8, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has continued to increase but at a higher rate from last week, of 6.36%, from the level on 12/01/2022 of 10.739 M km² to 11.469 M km² for this week. 

The negative sea ice anomaly this week was less than the anomaly of -1.002 M km² on 12/01/2022 to a less negative anomaly of -0.770 M km² on 12/08/2022 and so less anomalously negative for this time of year.