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Despite cool temperatures over most of the Arctic Ocean in January, Arctic sea ice extent continued to track below normal. By the end of January, ice extent dropped below the extent observed in January 2007.
Arctic sea ice extent at end of December 2009 remained below normal, primarily in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic.
n November, the average rate of Arctic sea ice growth slightly exceeded the 1979 to 2000 average growth rate for the month.
From December 2009 to March 2010, NSIDC Lead Scientist and Antarctic expert Ted Scambos will travel to the Larsen Ice Shelf region in Antarctica to study the effect of ice shelf collapse on Antarctic glaciers.
Sea ice extent grew throughout October, as the temperature dropped and darkness returned to the Arctic.