Sea ice area in square meters, for northern and southern hemispheres.
Black line is the southern hemisphere sea ice area.
The Southern Ocean sea ice around Antarctica both covers a larger area than the boreal counterpart and more of it melts during local summer.
Blue line is the northern hemisphere sea ice area.
Sea ice around the North Pole melts off surrounding shallow continental shelf areas in the summer, but a larger area of the Arctic Ocean remains ice covered than in the southern hemisphere area.
La bildo estas kopiita de wikipedia:en. La originala priskribo estas: Sea ice area in square meters, for northern and southern hemispheres. * '''Black line''' is the southern hemisphere sea ice area. ** The Southern Ocean sea ice around [[Antarctica]