Watch 25 years of Arctic ice disappear in a minute ...

Since the 1980s, the amount of perennial ice in the Arctic Polar Circle has been decreasing.

This digital animation retraces the changes that occurred between 1990 and 2015. With the color white you see the perennial Arctic ice, while the light blue color represents the seasonal ice.

The conclusion? If previously, the perennial ice accounted for 20% of  the total Arctic ice, currently the percentage has been reduced to a meager 3%.