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A new sea ice reconstruction for the Barents Sea (Arctic) indicates "ice-free" conditions occurred during the Early Holocene .

Sea ice biomarker indicators suggest the highest sea ice extent occurred during the 20th century ("0 cal yr BP").

pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9d01/7c43133eb…
"prolonged seasonal sea ice presence prevalent in the region today" and "extensive modern sea ice conditions (≈80% spring sea ice coverage)"

vs.

"ice-free conditions during the Early Holocene" (0-15% spring sea ice coverage)

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
More sea ice presence in the Chukchi Sea (Arctic) during the modern era than nearly all of the last several thousand years.

clim-past.net/13/1111/2017/c…
Another published within the last week showing sea ice is no lower today than during the Little Ice Age north of Iceland.

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"
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