WorldPulse

World Sea Ice Extent

antarctic-sea-ice-extentClimate & Environment

Subject

World

Metric

Sea Ice Extent

Data Points

564

Coverage

1978–2026

Latest Value

4.49

as of Jan 1, 2026

Time Series (564 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Jan 1, 20264.49-
Dec 1, 20259.22-
Nov 1, 202514.58-
Oct 1, 202516.96-
Sep 1, 202517.64-
Aug 1, 202516.5-
Jul 1, 202514.66-
Jun 1, 202512.11-
May 1, 20259.27-
Apr 1, 20256.17-
Mar 1, 20253-
Feb 1, 20252.22-
Jan 1, 20254.69-
Dec 1, 20249.59-
Nov 1, 202414.31-

Showing most recent 15 of 564 observations

Data Source

CLIMATE

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/antarctic-sea-ice-extent

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/antarctic-sea-ice-extent?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/antarctic-sea-ice-extent?as_of=2024-01-01