Sea ice biomarker indicators suggest the highest sea ice extent occurred during the 20th century ("0 cal yr BP").
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9d01/7c43133eb…
vs.
"ice-free conditions during the Early Holocene" (0-15% spring sea ice coverage)
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
clim-past.net/13/1111/2017/c…
Harning et al., 2019
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.102…
"IP25 has been routinely applied to marine sediment around Iceland as a robust indicator for seasonal sea ice"