Provisional Arctic Sea Ice Minimum

By Paul Homewood

It’s now looking pretty certain that Arctic sea ice extent has passed its minimum this year. Since Tuesday, it has climbed over three days by 75,000 sq km, according to NSIDC figures:

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Provisionally that would make it the 4th highest since 2007.

The ice does not appear to be thin and slushy, as we are often told. According to DMI, much of it is 2 meters or more thick.

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Pen Hadow’s abortive sailing expedition, now safely back in harbour in Nome, certainly ran up against unexpectedly thick and extensive ice 600 miles from the Pole, before being forced to turn tail.

It is far too soon to draw any conclusions about what this means for Arctic sea ice in future years.

But there is certainly nothing to support the wild claims of an Arctic death spiral, that we have been fed over the years.

The climate clown, Prof Peter Wadhams, seems to have kept his head down this year after his own succession of ludicrous claims, like this one last year.

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Hurry back, Peter, we could all do with a good laugh!

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