This enhanced satellite image shows the current extent of the Arctic Ice Cap on August 28, 2008. It is now 220,000 square miles larger than 2007\'s lowest extent which was the smallest the ice cap had ever reached.This enhanced satellite image shows the current extent of the Arctic Ice Cap (August 25, 2008). It is now 220,000 square miles larger than 2007’s lowest extent which was the smallest the ice cap had ever reached. (Image: National Snow and Ice Data Center)