It's the Antarctic winter when sea ice should be expanding rapidly, but the Bellingshausen Sea – on the west side of the Antarctic peninsular which by June would usually be covered by ice – is almost ice free.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’