Arctic, Antarctica see below mean sea ice in February

ANKARA

Both the Arctic and Antarctica saw below mean sea ice cover in the last month compared to the 1981-2010 average, the European Union’s climate change body said Tuesday.

"In the Arctic, the sea ice extent was 6% below the 1981-2010 average...In Antarctica, sea ice extent was 14% below the 1981-2010 average," the Copernicus Climate Change Service said in its monthly sea ice cover study.

It added that Arctic sea ice was recorded above the February values for the past six years while in Antarctica, sea ice extent was above the February values for the past three years.

The study