2013-2014 compare: Arctic: This year we observe more sea ice between Svalbard and Nowaja Semlja and north of Svalbard, but less in the Bering Sea. More snow last year in North America and Asia, more snow this year in Scandinavia.
Antarctica: More sea ice this year around Antarctica.
Pictures with the friendly permission of the Polar Research Group > Department of Atmospheric Sciences > University of Illinois; arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu