[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.

[AndyTheBear]

Thank you. I tried somewhat arbitrarily tried June 1 from both years, and the 2011 seemed to have a little more ice of 1979.