But back on topic, these are some general "cryosphere" observations currently:

"The Arctic sea ice is breaking up to the north of Greenland during June."
Originally Posted By: internet blog
Overall, for this time of year, Arctic sea ice extent remains in or near record low ranges despite weather conditions that would have traditionally helped to preserve sea ice.

After record Arctic warmth this Winter and Spring,
storms churning over the sea ice during June have done little to prevent
continued record low extents throughout the Northern Polar zone
...or to disallow strange events like
the early-season break-up of ice to the north of Greenland.
...and also from that site:

"Record low sea ice extents for 2016 are likely to continue to have an influence on Northern Hemisphere weather
—assisting the formation of high amplitude Jet Stream wave patterns.

These waves are associated with extreme and persistent weather conditions
to include — heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods.
One such wave pattern is now facilitating record hot temperatures and increased wildfire hazards over the US West
and has the potential to set off heatwaves over the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic even as
anomalous rainstorms form over wide sections of the Arctic Ocean during the next couple of weeks."

It'll be interesting to see if "anomalous rainstorms" actually do "form over
wide sections of the Arctic Ocean during the next couple of weeks."
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Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.