The graph above shows mid July to mid August daily ice extents for 2021 compared to 14 year averages, and some years of note.

The black line shows during this period on average Arctic ice extents decline from ~8.3M km2 down to ~5.9M km2.  The 2021 cyan MASIE line started ~400k km2 below average but as of yesterday was slightly surplus.  The Sea Ice Index in orange (SII from NOAA) started with a deficit to MASIE (in cyan) of ~300M km2.  August 14 saw the two indices mid August close together, close to average and surplus to 2007.

Why is this important?  All the claims of global climate emergency depend on dangerously higher temperatures, lower sea ice, and rising sea levels.  The lack of additional warming is documented in a post Adios, Global Warming

The lack of acceleration in sea levels along coastlines has been discussed also.  See USCS Warnings of Coastal Flooding

Also, a longer term perspective is informative:

The table below shows the distribution of Sea Ice across the Arctic Regions, on average, this year and 2007.

Region	2021226	Day 226 Average	2021-Ave.	2007226	2021-2007
(0) Northern_Hemisphere	6066634	5889687	176947	5727937	338697
(1) Beaufort_Sea	915133	688804	226329	777766	137366
(2) Chukchi_Sea	572339	404505	167834	260048	312290
(3) East_Siberian_Sea	624917	556990	67927	196982	427934
(4) Laptev_Sea	52213	252434	-200221	316363	-264150
(5) Kara_Sea	173342	88626	84716	201115	-27772
(6) Barents_Sea	5256	29027	-23771	17324	-12068
(7) Greenland_Sea	118995	224977	-105982	316155	-197160
(8) Baffin_Bay_Gulf_of_St._Lawrence	23528	59670	-36142	86165	-62637
(9) Canadian_Archipelago	465880	420722	45157	375241	90638
(10) Hudson_Bay	83051	74370	8681	91653	-8603
(11) Central_Arctic	3031058	3088557	-57499	3087868	-56810

The overall surplus to average is 177k km2, (3%).  Note large surpluses of ice in BCE (Beaufort, Chukchi and East Siberian seas).  Meanwhile Laptev on the Russian coast melted out early, as has Greenland Sea.  Kara and CAA (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) are holding considerable ice.  We are about a month away from the annual minimum mid September, but at this point it does not appear it will be out of the ordinary.

 

Illustration by Eleanor Lutz shows Earth’s seasonal climate changes. If played in full screen, the four corners present views from top, bottom and sides. It is a visual representation of scientific datasets measuring Arctic ice extents.