Arctic Sea ice 2019 by Dr. Michael Wenger | Sep 26, 2019 | Information, Videos The video from NASA’s Goddard Space Center shows this year’s course of sea ice expansion in the Arctic. At 4.15 million square kilometers, 18 September 2019 was the second lowest since records began in 1979. Only 2012 was an even worse ice year in the Arctic. Video: (C) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Music: Hiraeth von Anthony Edwin Phillips [PRS], James Edward Collins