firstly -------- you think sea ice is about ice sheets? --------- well done there
and also
Following the 2024 maximum sea ice extent on March 14, Arctic ice extent has declined slowly such that 2024 March average is the fifteenth lowest in the passive microwave satellite record.Apr 3, 2024
National Snow and Ice Data Center https://nsidc.org › arcticseaicenews › 2024
