2019 Arctic Sea Ice Wintertime Extent is Seventh Lowest April 8, 2019 / activist360 / Leave a comment Every year, sea ice fluctuates through the seasons, growing in the winter and shrinking in the summer. This year, Arctic sea ice reached its annual maximum March 13, 2019. It wasn’t a record low, but it continued a trend of declining sea ice maximums and minimums. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Katy Mersmann