Antarctic Sea Ice Extent has risen for three days in a row.  It rose 13,000 sq km and then 7,000 sq km and then 13,000 sq km.  Day 51 is potentially to be the minimum, but is still too early to call.

Extent is 653,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 mean which is  22.5%.

A slightly different view today. Only 10 days on each size of Day 54. Click for bigger.