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Top: Map of Arctic sea ice on September 11, 2015, the date it reached its fourth-lowest extent in the satellite record. Bottom: Graph comparing lowest extents to the climatological average.
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Top: Map of Arctic sea ice on September 11, 2015, the date it reached its fourth-lowest extent in the satellite record. Bottom: Graph comparing lowest extents to the climatological average.