During October, a well known climate researcher just across the border in Colorado sounded the alarm that the Arctic wasn’t freezing this winter. The press got hysterical.
Arctic sea ice extent is highest for the date in the last five years and just below the 1981-2010 two standard deviation range.
Ocean and Ice Services | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut
A few months ago, Antarctic sea ice extent was near a record high.
Charctic Interactive Sea Ice Graph | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis