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The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began.
NASA says the ice likely peaked on Sept. 14 at nearly 6.8 million square miles, around the time the Southern Hemisphere's winter was coming to an end.
Sea ice around Antarctica reached its largest extent of 2026, but coverage remained unusually low even at its seasonal peak. The winter maximum was the third lowest in the satellite record, Qazinform News Agency reports.