There has been no trend in Arctic Sea ice since 2006.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p1/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
Our top experts said the Arctic would be ice-free by 2008.
Expert: Arctic polar cap may disappear this summer_English_Xinhua
North Pole May Be Ice-Free for First Time This Summer
BBC NEWS | UK | Swimmer aims to kayak to N Pole
“there will be no sea ice left in the summer in the Arctic Ocean somewhere between 2010 and 2015. “And it’s probably going to happen even faster than that,” said Fortier, who leads an international team of researchers in the Arctic”
‘Frightening’ projection for Arctic melt
The Daily Reporter – Google News Archive Search
Star-News – Google News Archive Search
Arctic Sea Ice Gone in Summer Within Five Years?
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’
Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014
2100 | ecoSanity.org – See. Act. Inspire!
The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search
Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada
13 Apr 2013, Page A8 – Battle Creek Enquirer at Newspapers.com
Ice-free Arctic in two years heralds methane catastrophe – scientist | Environment | The Guardian
The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 – The Daily Beast
A farewell to ice | Review | Chemistry World
And President Obama’s science adviser predicted ice-free winters.
…if you lose the summer sea ice, there are phenomena that could lead you not so very long thereafter to lose the winter sea ice as well. And if you lose that sea ice year round, it’s going to mean drastic climatic change all over the hemisphere.
