seaIce_max_2015_Feb_25_2015_withAve_STILL_withOLay.3310_2539_print Published on March 25, 2015 in Closing the Arctic Data GapFull resolution ( × ) ← Previous Next → Here the 2015 maximum is compared to the 1979-2014 average maximum shown in yellow. A distance indicator shows the difference between the two in the Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan. (Image Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)