The graph above shows August daily ice extents for 2021 compared to 14 year averages, and some years of note.

The black line shows during this period on average Arctic ice extents decline ~2M km2 from ~6.8M km2 down to ~4.8M km2.  The Hockey Stick shape refers to the 2021 cyan MASIE line starting ~227k km2 below average but matching average by day 230, and in the last five days produced a surplus of 414k km2.  The Sea Ice Index in orange (SII from NOAA) started with the same deficit and also matched MASIE average day 230, but tracking the downward average since.  2019 and 2020 were well below average at this stage of the summer melt.

Why is this important?  All the claims of global climate emergency depend on dangerously higher temperatures, lower sea ice, and rising sea levels.  The lack of additional warming is documented in a post Adios, Global Warming

The lack of acceleration in sea levels along coastlines has been discussed also.  See USCS Warnings of Coastal Flooding

Also, a longer term perspective is informative:

The table below shows the distribution of Sea Ice across the Arctic Regions, on average, this year and 2007.

Region	2021235	Day 235 Average	2021-Ave.	2007235	2021-2007
(0) Northern_Hemisphere	5745634	5331499	414135	5309870	435765
(1) Beaufort_Sea	872981	605537	267444	730813	142168
(2) Chukchi_Sea	539676	329819	209856	178493	361182
(3) East_Siberian_Sea	508990	445221	63769	63523	445468
(4) Laptev_Sea	61548	205077	-143529	295384	-233836
(5) Kara_Sea	136181	58898	77283	155754	-19573
(6) Barents_Sea	6047	24071	-18025	17998	-11951
(7) Greenland_Sea	84815	202922	-118108	334622	-249808
(8) Baffin_Bay_Gulf_of_St._Lawrence	40877	33602	7275	50303	-9426
(9) Canadian_Archipelago	465781	354257	111524	323329	142452
(10) Hudson_Bay	64148	35761	28387	61078	3070
(11) Central_Arctic	2964500	3035379	-70879	3097316	-132816

The overall surplus to average is 414k km2, (8%).  Note large surpluses of ice in BCE (Beaufort, Chukchi and East Siberian seas).  Meanwhile Laptev on the Russian coast melted out early, as has Greenland Sea.  Kara and CAA (Canadian Arctic Archipelago) are holding considerable ice.  We are about a month away from the annual minimum mid September, but at this point it appears that extents will be greater than the last two years.

 

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. It is a visual representation of scientific datasets measuring Arctic ice extents.