National Ice Center Update - About 90% Of Franz Josef Land IF Or Down To 1-3/10ths

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You'll notice that big bight going up west of the archipelago to about 82N, and 1-3/10ths up to about 83-84N on the east side:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Barents_Sea/Barents_Sea_North/2008/Northeast/barnecurrentcolor.pdf

Davis Strait - down to remnants west of Disko at 68 - 70N, along with some shore ice at points south. Otherwise, wiped:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Baffin_Bay/Davis_Strait/2008/davicurrentcolor.pdf

Baffin Bay: Kane Basin clearing rapidly; Kennedy Channel down to 1-3/10ths up to about 82N, and the two big chunks still hanging on by Cape Sabine and then out in the center of the bay:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Baffin_Bay/Baffin_Bay/2008/baffcurrentcolor.pdf

Canadian Arctic East: Some serious chunkage east of Boothia; other than that, it's pretty good sailing all the way from the mainland up to Axel Heiberg Island - something like 650 miles or more:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/east_arctic/Canadian_Arctic_East/2008/canecurrentcolor.pdf

Canadian Arctic West: Amundsen's Passage wide open, with one big mass north & east of Victoria Island:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/West_Arctic/Canadian_Arctic_West/2008/canwcurrentcolor.pdf

High Arctic East: Even a little ice-free patch on the Kara Sea edge of the North Pole sector:
http://www.natice.noaa.gov/pub/East_Arctic/Hi_East/2008/hieacurrentcolor.pdf