October 6, 2022: Over the past week, the sea ice has continued to increase by a greater rate from last week of 8.90%, from the level on 09/29/2022 of 5.128 M km2 to 5.629 M km2 for this week.
![](https://akclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NH_seaice_extent-2022-10-6-1024x623.png)
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).
The negative sea ice anomaly this week was greater from the anomaly of -1.657 M km2 on 09/29/2022 to a more negative anomaly of -1.698 M km2 on 10/06/2022 and so more anomalously negative for this time of year.
![](https://akclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NH_seaice_extent-anomaly2022-10-6-1024x623.png)
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).