{"id":2275,"date":"2024-10-05T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T13:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/10\/05\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-october-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T23:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:36:46","slug":"facts-about-the-arctic-in-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2024\/10\/05\/facts-about-the-arctic-in-october-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts About the Arctic in October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The JAXA extent graph is currently not updating, so let\u2019s begin this month with the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/sea-ice\/startseite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMSR2 sea ice concentration map<\/a>\u00a0from the Alfred Wegener Institute. Click the image to see a ~10 Mb animation of the last four weeks:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWI-AMSR2\/AMSR2_Central_Arctic_SIC-2024-09-04.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31895\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SIC-LEADS_2024-10-04-1024x919-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SIC-LEADS_2024-10-04-1024x919-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SIC-LEADS_2024-10-04-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SIC-LEADS_2024-10-04-768x689.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SIC-LEADS_2024-10-04-1536x1378.png 1536w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SIC-LEADS_2024-10-04.png 1720w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"919\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note in particular the restart of export into the East Greenland Sea via the Fram Strait:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-Greenland-Extent-2024-10-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31898\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-Greenland-Extent-2024-10-04-1024x512-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-Greenland-Extent-2024-10-04-1024x512-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-Greenland-Extent-2024-10-04-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-Greenland-Extent-2024-10-04-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-Greenland-Extent-2024-10-04.png 1500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>and the movement of ice within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-CAA-Extent-2024-10-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31899\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-CAA-Extent-2024-10-04-1024x512-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-CAA-Extent-2024-10-04-1024x512-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-CAA-Extent-2024-10-04-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-CAA-Extent-2024-10-04-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AWI-CAA-Extent-2024-10-04.png 1500w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The PIOMAS gridded thickness data for September 2024 has been released:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-09-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31900\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-09-30.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-09-30.png 880w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-09-30-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-thickness_on_2024-09-30-768x503.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Note that there is only one small area remaining with ice over 3 meters thick. Zooming in on the CAA, and comparing with last month, it can be seen that what little remains of the thickest ice has been moved by recent winds west across the the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prince_Gustaf_Adolf_Sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-CAA_2024-09-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31901\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-CAA_2024-09-30.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-CAA_2024-09-30.png 880w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-CAA_2024-09-30-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PIOMAS-CAA_2024-09-30-768x503.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The most recent weekly chart from the Canadian Ice Service reveals that the Parry Channel remains almost entirely free of sea ice:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/West-Conc-20240930.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31836\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/West-Conc-20240930-1024x607-1.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/West-Conc-20240930-1024x607-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/West-Conc-20240930-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/West-Conc-20240930-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/greatwhitecon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/West-Conc-20240930.png 1054w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Watch this space!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The JAXA extent graph is currently not updating, so let\u2019s begin this month with the latest\u00a0AMSR2 sea ice concentration map\u00a0from the Alfred Wegener Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2286,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions\/2286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}