[AndyTheBear]

That graph does show less ice on those particular dates for 2011 over 1979. But this is not enough to go on. Is there a web site to get these kinds of images for arbitrary days for those of us who want to see if there is a real trend for ourselves?

[TigersEye]

Yes, it does show less ice for June 29th 2011 than June 29th 1979 but not much less. In fact in some areas the sea ice is thicker this year. Look around in the areas around Norway and Scandinavia.

Compare Daily Sea Ice

There is the page I used. You can enter any dates from 1979 - present. There are some days here and there where they didn't get the data.