There is essentially no melting occurring in the Arctic Basin.
Index of /DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/images/2018/08_Aug/
Ice extent loss has slowed to a crawl, and will soon be “normal”
Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis
Ice volume loss has also dropped to close to zero.
The ice edge is not much different than it was in 1971.
That was during the global cooling scare, when climate scientists were worried about expanding Arctic ice and a new ice age.
U.S. and Soviet Press Studies of a Colder Arctic – The New York Times
The prophets have failed miserably, but the scam lives on.