October 20, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has continued to increase at a higher rate from last week of 10.66%, from the level on 10/13/2022 of 6.158 M km² to 6.893 M km² for this week.

The negative sea ice anomaly this week was less than the anomaly of -1.802 M km² on 10/13/2022 to a less negative anomaly of -1.724 M km² on 10/20/2022 and so less anomalously negative for this time of year.