Each year, the sea ice cover blanketing the Arctic Ocean & nearby seas thickens & expands during the fall & winter, reaching its maximum yearly extent. On March 17, the Arctic sea ice cover peaked at 5.59 million square miles, the 2nd lowest max on record: https://t.co/W1f51bP0c4 pic.twitter.com/KEi0uAZvPI

— NASA (@NASA) March 25, 2018

somebody tell Grassley we need more snowballs…