Jeremy Mathis, NOAA Arctic Research Program he said in,” The Arctic Report Card”.

The Arctic is like a refrigerator whose door has been left open and cold is spilling out cascading throughout the norther hemisphere.

The average surface air temperature for the year ending September 2017 is the 2nd warmest since 1900; however, cooler spring and summer temperatures contributed to a rebound in snow cover in the Eurasian Arctic, slower summer sea ice loss, and below-average melt extent for the Greenland ice sheet.

In August 2017, sea surface temperatures in the Barents and Chukchi seas were up to 4° C warmer than average, contributing to a delay in the autumn freeze-up in these regions.

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, affecting people in the region, fish and wildlife they depend on for food, and their environment.:(

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/Report-Card