It's difficult to tell from one month to the next how things compare to previous years.
Sometimes it looks like this it indicates a much cooler Arctic year than in years past, and sometimes it looks otherwise.
But at the moment, here's how 2009 sea ice extent compares to the last two years:
This year just dipped below last year in extent. And while it was significantly behind 2007's record low of last year (over 5% more ice, as of a month and a half ago), this year now lags 2007 by just 1%.
It's hard to draw any conclusions except in an average sense. But that's kind of boring, blog-wise.
data source: IARC-JAXA
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