Nilaya / Berserk Missing

[singaporestrait]

Originally Posted by ice

So, what is the ice like? It has sounded like it is thicker than last year at this time (epirb was activated feb 22 last year). Any chance of a couple photos?

Found satellite images of the ice sheet here:

http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de:8084/ssmis/index.html
http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de:8084/ss..._SSMIS_nic.png

It is also possible to do a playback of the sea ice for the last 31 days. After watching this animation I figure that Jarle actually is going when the sea ice concentration is lowest. Makes good sense, but in the media all kinds of people say that it's too late and so on..