Fifteen years ago, it was announced that polar bears will be extinct in 25 years due to vanishing sea ice.
22 Apr 2006, 7 – The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com
Since then there has been no change in Arctic sea ice extent.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
Now experts say polar bears “could vanish” by the end of the century.
Polar bears could vanish by the end of the century, scientists predict | Live Science
They also said that satellite records began in 1979 :
“Arctic sea ice has been steadily decreasing since the beginning of satellite records in 1979”
The 1990 IPCC report said satellite records began in the early 1970s when ice extent was much lower.
The increase in Arctic sea ice didn’t suit the agenda, so in the 2001 IPCC report they altered the data.
https://archive.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/tar/wg1/062.htm
The Arctic was much warmer five thousand years ago and may have been ice-free. Polar Bears survived just fine.
Less Ice In Arctic Ocean 6000-7000 Years Ago — ScienceDaily
Holocene Treeline History and Climate Change Across Northern Eurasia – ScienceDirect
