Antarctic sea ice extent has steadily improved in the last month and now stands at 99.6% of the LTALTA Long Term Average. This is usually defined as a 30 year period by the WMO.. Sea ice extent is up by ~900,000 square kilometres from this time last year, and close to 2 million square kilometres higher than the lowest for this date back in 2023. Obviously someone remembered to keep the fridge door shut down there this summer🥶