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   NASA has just updated its sat-based seaice estimate to the end of   
   2020.   
      
   The 12m average seaice for the Arctic has come in with an extent of   
   10.175 mn km2 -- a new record, by just 1000 km2.   
      
   Seaice in the S Hem averaged 11.511 mn km2 -- 800,000 km2 greater than   
   record-holder 2017 and ranking 20th in the 43-year sat era. Aka near   
   "median".   
      
   The average for total polar seaice extent for the year was 21.686 mn   
   km2 -- 5th-smallest since modern records began.   
      
   The various top 10 tables of avg extent for the poles and world are   
   now:   
      
   ARCTIC:   
   year	avg extent   
   	(mn km2)   
   2020	10.175	<-- new record   
   2016	10.176   
   2019	10.218   
   2018	10.378   
   2017	10.415   
   2012	10.420   
   2007	10.498   
   2011	10.506   
   2015	10.589   
   2010	10.734   
      
   ANTARCTIC:   
   2017	10.702   
   2019	10.823   
   2018	10.952   
   1986	11.044   
   2002	11.176   
   2016	11.177   
   1980	11.206   
   1997	11.341   
   1983	11.344   
   1990	11.365   
   ...   
   2020	11.511	<-- #20/43   
      
   AVG GLOBAL EXTENT:   
   2019	21.040   
   2017	21.117   
   2018	21.330   
   2016	21.353   
   2020	21.686	<-- new #5   
   2011	21.956   
   2007	22.135   
   2006	22.206   
   2012	22.401   
   2002	22.561   
      
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