I continue to be amazed by this melt season, the lack of strong winds resulting in little dispersion of the pack and the odd nature of the winds that do exist. (Persistent winds heading north through the Fram which has reversed the movement of ice through the strait. Combined with the incursions of warmth from the lands surrounding the polar ice and, for the most part, along the edges of the ice, we get a melt image like this from "Cryosphere Today".