Average September sea ice concentration from the Community Earth System Model (CESM-LE) over the period of 1981–2000; 2031–2050 and 2081–2100. Red borders are EEZs. The cyan line shows the 15% sea ice concentration contour. Figure indicates the thickest ice in white remains in the Canadian Archipelagos.

Adapted from Figure 3 DeRepentigny et al., 2020, Earth’s Future.

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