Sea Ice Extent – Day 273 – Antarctic Still Climbing – 640,000 in 5 Days

Ignoring the weird day, the day of Max is now day 273.The latest day of Max was 1988 when it occurred on day 277.

Of course Global Sea Ice is also climbing. As is Arctic.

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Sea Ice Extent – Day 272 – Antarctic Still Climbing – 590,000 in 4 Days

Ignoring the weird day, the day of Max is now day 272.The latest day of Max was 1988 when it occurred on day 277.

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Sea Ice Extent – Day 271 – Antarctic Recovery – Up 520,000 sq km in 3 Days

 

Try to ignore the strange data day and notice that Antarctica Sea Ice has risen 520,000 sq km in 3 days and would be the highest for the year if not for the day 266 value of 20.723 million sq km.

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Sea Ice Extent – Day 270

UPDATE: If NSIDC doesn’t fix the data … Antarctic will have set a 4th all-time record in 4 years.

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Sea Ice Extent – Day 266 – Strange Data – Antarctic Gains 2.4 million sq km in One Day

UPDATE 2: NSIDC shows a big jump (just not 2.4 million)

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UPDATE: Interesting photo from NSIDC:

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