There seems to be a causation effect with the ice at the poles. When the Antarctic is shedding ice the Arctic gains and vice versa. I believe this is because of ocean currents working on the ice. Antarctica has been gaining ice year over year at the same time the Arctic has been losing ice faster. The warming and subsequent pause after 1998 over land affects the Arctic more because land gains and losses heat faster than water and Antarctica has much more sea so less variability. So as Arctic ice rebounds I think in general you will see a slow decline in the Antarctic, whatever happens in the Arctic will be much faster and variable than Antarctica but I believe the opposite processes are happening
sunshine hours 
Does this seem strange: http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/seaice.anomaly.antarctic.png
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1) Cryosphere does Area … not Extent.
2) But Antarctica is 650,000 below 2014 for day 207. The paterrn of a big drop after several years of increase is not unusual.
(specifically how Antarctic anomaly has been plummeting on Cryosphere of late…)
There seems to be a causation effect with the ice at the poles. When the Antarctic is shedding ice the Arctic gains and vice versa. I believe this is because of ocean currents working on the ice. Antarctica has been gaining ice year over year at the same time the Arctic has been losing ice faster. The warming and subsequent pause after 1998 over land affects the Arctic more because land gains and losses heat faster than water and Antarctica has much more sea so less variability. So as Arctic ice rebounds I think in general you will see a slow decline in the Antarctic, whatever happens in the Arctic will be much faster and variable than Antarctica but I believe the opposite processes are happening