Arctic Sea Ice Record Shrinking - National Sea Ice Data Center

from the National Sea Ice Data Center (click to enlarge image)

Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis:

"Figure 1. Arctic sea ice extent on July 17, 2011 was 7.56 million square kilometers (2.92 million square miles). The orange line shows the 1979 to 2000 median extent for that day. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole."