~A sudden apparently surface wind easily broke up a once consolidated multi-year sea ice with ease
The thickest strongest Sea ice is getting pulverized quickly, mainly by consistent North of Greenland high pressure giving clockwise winds, with other factors such as tides. Reminiscent of 2016 action, or March 1989, but the latter was related to massive synergistic tidal forcing under very frozen sea icescape. 2020 June 26, 27 and 28 action was unequally caused by melted snow accelerating true ice surface melting. This event appears highly regionalized, suggesting a rather poor consolidated state of sea ice everywhere else. WD June 28, 2020
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