Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers), the maximum extent fell below the prior low of 5.56 million square miles (14.41 million square kilometers) in 2017.
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Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. At 5.53 million square miles (14.33 million square kilometers), the maximum extent fell below the prior low of 5.56 million square miles (14.41 million square kilometers) in 2017.
Music credit: Universal Music Production: “This New Beginning”
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Charles Connell (NASA Intern): Lead Producer
Grace Weikert (eMITS): Producer
James Riordon (NASA/GSFC): Lead Writer
Walt Meier (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Audrey Payne (NASA/GSFC GISS): Scientist
Trent L. Schindler (URSA): Visualizer
Mark SubbaRao (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Katie Jepson (eMITS): Project Support
Jefferson Beck (eMITS): Videographer
Sofie Bates (eMITS): Social Media Support
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14813. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14813. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
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