May 14 global sea ice area is up 12% since 2006, and is the eleventh highest on record for the date. There is a lot more sea ice today than there was on this date in 1980.
arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008
Climate experts say that the poles are melting down. Apparently they lack access to the Internet, and are unable to see the data for themselves.
But 2006 was wonderful, study sea ice, while 2013 is weak, rotten no good sea ice.