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The longest day of summer has come and gone, and summer melt is in full swing, with the pace of ice loss overall about average for this time of year. Arctic sea ice extent for June was not exceptionally low compared to other recent years.
The seasonal decline in Arctic sea ice extent was moderate through much of May before picking up pace over the last few days of the month.