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‘Two incredible extreme events’: Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running

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Antarctic region underwent an abrupt transformation in 2023 as the sea ice cover surrounding the continent crashed for six months straight.

In winter , it covered about 1.6m sq km less than the long-term average an area roughly the size of Britain , France , Germany and Spain combined.

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership said the latest data showed this had been repeated in 2024 .

On 7 September the amount of frozen ocean was less than on the same date last year .

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