October 7, 2021: Over the past week the sea ice has now increased from last week by a rate of 8.59% from the level on 09/30/2021 of 5.228 M km2 to 5.719 M km2 for this week.
![](https://akclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NH_seaice_extent-2021-10-7-1024x623.png)
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).
![](https://akclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NH_seaice_extent-anomaly2021-10-7-1024x623.png)
Data Source: National Snow & Ice Data Center (NSIDC; https://nsidc.org/).