Arctic Ice Returns To 2003 Levels
December 2, 2013
By Paul Homewood
h/t Green Sand
Arctic ice has recovered from its September minimum so strongly, that extent is now back to the average for 2001-10, according to JAXA.
Indeed, based on Version 1, that was withdrawn in September, extent is 11,000 sq km higher than the average in the last decade.
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/revision_v2.html
NSIDC show the same picture, with the last 10 years below for comparison. Ice levels are now back to those seen in 2003 and 2005.
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
from:
the Sierra Club of Canada (2013-06-10)
by Paul Beckwith
“Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013”
http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/AdultDiscussionPlease
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And this is just one of many.
I think Jimbo (?; commenting on WUWT) had a list of these things; about like your previous David Viner post.
Hi, the list can be found HERE. The one I’ most interested in is from Professor Wadhams.
So by the 23 September 2016 the Arctic should be ice-free (1 million sq. km or less?).
And returns to about the 1974 ice levels.
Curious that measure from the 1979 peak ice year even though the data for the previous 6 years is available and has even been included in previous IPCC reports (SAR). Since disappeared of course.
You’d almost think this ice extent thingy has a cyclical pattern.
Interesting stuff Paul,
Though, I’ve taken my eye off the Arctic sea ice in recent months, we must be careful to note – northern sea ice is recovering but that it never will be and never has been a pointer to proving or disproving man made global warming catastrophe.
If you look at both [sea ice expanse] poles the sea ice is roughly in balance, Joe Bastardi reckons one hemisphere grows [South] while the north retreated slightly and due to oceanic oscillations and major phases of the PDO etc and who would argue with Joe – certainly not me.
With conditions predicted for a Dalton-esque minimum for the middle of this century, I would guess that the Boreal sea ice to carry on with its return [but don’t quote me on that ;^)].
Speculating….and wildly at that…………..
Talking about compacted snow, firn – ice, I wonder what is going on in, happening in the Alps, it will take years, decades but ‘soon’ will some Alpine glaciers recommence their march?
I fear that, cooling is coming and that warming will be a happy memory.