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The Arctic ice pack undergoes a regular seasonal cycle in which ice melts in spring and summer, reaches a minimum around mid-September, then increases during fall and winter. Summer ice cover in the Arctic is about 50% of winter cover. Over the past several years we have noticed a decline in sea-ice in the Arctic. This website is to help you gain some understanding about the Arctic sea-ice decline and how important it is to help the reversal of what is happening to our sea-ice in the Arctic. The Arctic sea-ice is far more important to you than you may believe, you do not need to live near the Arctic to suffer from the negative results of the rapid sea-ice decline.