We received many requests for a video of snow and ice extent for 2018, so here it is! For the Arctic ice, the maximum reached in March was the second lowest recorded and the minimum reached in September was tied for the sixth lowest recorded. Overalll, sea ice extent was once again below average all year.
Read more abou the dataset here:
https://sos.noaa.gov/datasets/snow-and-ice-real-time/