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Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Third-Lowest Maximum Area

Antarctic sea ice is frozen ocean water that surrounds the land at the bottom of the world. Every year, this ice normally grows to its maximum size in September. After that, it shrinks to its minimum size in February. In 2026, the ice probably reached its largest area on 14 September. At that time, the frozen ocean spread across roughly…

Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA Earth Observatory. Read the original for the full report.