In 2014, NOAA explained that record high levels of Antarctic sea ice were caused by global warming.
“So as counterintuitive as expanding winter Antarctic sea ice may appear on a warming planet, it may actually be a manifestation of recent warming.”
Antarctic winter sea ice extent sets new record in 2014 | NOAA Climate.gov
NOAA or NASA GISS lost all credibility with me years ago. There is no hair-brained explanation, nor prediction coming from them which I would believe. I would rather bet on the opposite of anything they put out. The odds are in my favor.