2013-2014 compare: Arctic: Surprisingly there is more sea ice between the northern Canadien islands than 2013. At the moment there is a big ice-free area north of the Siberian coast. Antarctica: Similar, but less ice north of the Antarcitc peninsula. Pictures with the frindly permission of the Polar Research Group > Department of Atmospheric Sciences > University of Illinois; arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu