Arctic sea ice extent initially bottomed out on September 6, and then winds pushed the ice edge back near Svalbard for a few days after September 11.
There has been a slight downwards trend since the 2006 minimum.
masie_4km_allyears_extent_sqkm.csv
Ice is growing rapidly now in the Arctic Basin.
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/images/2019/09_Sep
There has been a large ice gain since 2012.
This is being touted by the press as a “climate crisis.”
