Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) watched with dismay in late 2022 and early 2023 as satellite imagery revealed that sea ice attached to the coast of Antarctica was being lost month after month at a rate never seen before. And they continued to watch in near-dismay as that sea ice failed to replenish itself sufficiently as the colder months arrived. In mid-June 2023, the extent of Antarctic sea ice was about 0.9 million square miles (2.28 million square kilometers) below the 1981-2010 average for that part of the year, according to the UK Met Office and approximately 0.4 million square miles (1.15 million square km) below the previous June 2019 record low. (Teresa Pultarova).

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