December 26 Arctic sea ice extent was the highest in twenty years, and Antarctic sea ice extent is higher than 1979, 1982 and 1996.
Index of /NOAA/G02135/
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p2/sh/osisaf_sh_sie_daily.txt
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p2/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
At the current rate of decline, the Arctic will be ice-free around the year 3549, when Al Gore is 1,601 years old.