It should be noted that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is in the cool phase and is responsible for the collapse of the Sardine Fishery from Canada South to the Central California Coast.
This has been somewhat of a pattern for over a year now. The Antarctic sea ice seems to want to move above its average band. The Arctic seems to want to move below its average band. Yet, the global hangs within it average band. Most interesting.
(And, thanks for the very clear representation of all the data!)
Could it be that severe snow in the arctic region acts as an insulator and letting the warmer sea water melt the ice from below. I learned that from my early years ice fishing with my father. Watch out for snow covered lakes.
sunshine hours 
So that is the lowest ever Arctic Sea Ice in March?
Lowest ever for day 63. It has been lower at the end of March.
Isn’t it all due to the Siberian Sea of Okhotsk not freezing due to warmth in the Pacific??
It should be noted that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is in the cool phase and is responsible for the collapse of the Sardine Fishery from Canada South to the Central California Coast.
This has been somewhat of a pattern for over a year now. The Antarctic sea ice seems to want to move above its average band. The Arctic seems to want to move below its average band. Yet, the global hangs within it average band. Most interesting.
(And, thanks for the very clear representation of all the data!)
Thought this might be of interest:
https://ecologyliz.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/climate-change-science-the-sceptics/
Could it be that severe snow in the arctic region acts as an insulator and letting the warmer sea water melt the ice from below. I learned that from my early years ice fishing with my father. Watch out for snow covered lakes.