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Antarctic Sea Ice Sets New Record For Jan 31st

February 2, 2014
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By Paul Homewood

 

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http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/index.html

 

Antarctic sea ice extent continues to break records. Extent at 31st January, of 4.540 million sq km, beat the previous record set in 2008. This is 26% higher than the climatological average for this date of 3.598 million sq km.

 

 

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http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/archives.html

 

On average, Antarctic sea ice reaches minimum on 20th February, about a month earlier, relatively speaking, than the Arctic. It is likely then that we will see a new record high minimum set this month. The current record was set in 2008, with 3.691 million sq km.

 

Meanwhile, global sea ice area is normal.

 

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http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg

10 Comments
  1. Brian H permalink
    February 3, 2014 8:37 am

    Can you imagine the hoopla if the big finger east of WA breaks off and goes wandering?

  2. tom0mason permalink
    February 3, 2014 10:27 am

    A new record?
    And in the Antarctic summer?
    We live in interesting times. 😉

    • Evans Lyne permalink
      February 4, 2014 4:29 am

      A record high minimum value….kinda like the biggest dwarf.

      • tom0mason permalink
        February 12, 2014 11:53 am

        The smallest giant evah!?

  3. February 3, 2014 5:25 pm

    Meanwhile here in the UK !

    Green Holocaust ( tidied up after first publication June 2012 )

  4. Rosario permalink
    February 3, 2014 8:50 pm

    More proof of global warming!

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