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Date of first melt of Arctic Sea ice. en These maps show the date of first melting of the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean for the years and up to June They show that in the sea ice started melting sooner than previous years including and which saw the sea ice melt back to record minimum extents Early melt onset exposes the snow