The image above, supported by the table later on shows that in June water has opened up as usual this time of year.  On the North American side, Bering and Okhotsk (bottom left) were already ice-free, so that Chukchi and Beaufort opened (bottom center).  Meanwhile, in Baffin Bay and Hudson Bay (bottom right) ice has retreated, and given the shallow depth of Hudson Bay it will go ice-free soon.

The picture is more mixed on the Euro-Russian side.  East Siberian (left) is nearly normal, with Laptev and Kara down (upper left) below the 12 year average.  Barents (upper center) has more ice than usual, and is still hanging onto Svalbard.

The graph below shows the surprising discrepancy between MASIE and SII  continued in June, but disappeared by month end.

Note that the  NH ice extent 12 year average declined from 11.8M km2 to 9.8M km2 during in the last 30 days.  MASIE 2019 shows a slower decline from 10.9M km2 to 9.3M km2.  Thus the current deficit to average has reduced during June from 778k km2 to 506k km2, or 5.2% of average. That track is close to 2010 and below other years. 

Region	2019181	Day 181 Average	2019-Ave.	2010181	2019-2010
(0) Northern_Hemisphere	9318729	9824939	-506210	9245692	73037
(1) Beaufort_Sea	766793	910839	-144047	861079	-94286
(2) Chukchi_Sea	614737	721838	-107101	705357	-90619
(3) East_Siberian_Sea	1000185	1022188	-22003	1040103	-39918
(4) Laptev_Sea	600733	726543	-125810	693533	-92800
(5) Kara_Sea	494380	571373	-76993	623806	-129427
(6) Barents_Sea	188963	116290	72674	82722	106242
(7) Greenland_Sea	487331	509216	-21885	464399	22932
(8) Baffin_Bay_Gulf_of_St._Lawrence	431660	512914	-81254	416820	14840
(9) Canadian_Archipelago	777670	778719	-1049	735649	42020
(10) Hudson_Bay	754193	729807	24386	401862	352331
(11) Central_Arctic	3196694	3203485	-6791	3191924	4770
(12) Bering_Sea	1129	5122	-3994	594	535
(13) Baltic_Sea	0	4	-4	0	0
(14) Sea_of_Okhotsk	3248	17144	-13897	26683	-23435

The table shows where the ice is distributed to make the 5.2% defict to average.  Beaufort Chukchi and Laptev Seas make up most of the NH deficit to average, while Kara and Baffin contribute the rest.

Illustration by Eleanor Lutz shows Earth’s seasonal climate changes. If played in full screen, the four corners present views from top, bottom and sides.