After multiple attempts to seed this Yale Forum article failed (gremilins on the Vine today?), I surrender.
This is a repost of Yale's October 18, 2012 analysis.
Images here, text at the link.
Changes in Arctic and Antarctic sea ice cover are not remotely comparable.
Antarctic sea ice is barely outside of what would be considered 'normal'.
Arctic sea ice is barely half of what it was three decades ago.
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Vast differences in changes between Arctic and Antarctic sea ice
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Longer-term changes in sea ice cover (Arctic vs Antarctic)
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