NSIDC: "For the Arctic as a whole, ice growth for November was faster than average...Extent in the Bering Sea was at record high levels last winter....by November 30 ice extent matched or exceeded extent seen in 2007, 2006, and 2010"

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For the Arctic as a whole, ice growth for November was faster than average...Extent in the Bering Sea was at record high levels last winter....by November 30 ice extent matched or exceeded extent seen in 2007, 2006, and 2010.