Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is 870,000 sq km above the 1981-2010 average. And only 43,000 sq km below the record for this day of the year.
May 14, 2013
May 2, 2013
Antarctic Sea Ice Day 121 Update
As you know, Antarctic Sea Ice Extent hit a maximum record in September 2012. And since that news item finally received a little bit of publicity the AGW cult has come up with a few explanations for why ice is growing in the Antarctic.
For the heck of it I thought I would graph Antarctic Sea Ice Extent for the 121st day of each year. After I did that I had one obvious question.
Why, if Antarctic Sea Ice has been growing for 30 years, has it taken them so damned long to even admit it, let alone come up with such a weak-ass explanation that all sane people laugh at?
April 26, 2013
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Update – 2013 is the 2nd Highest Average Of All Time (So Far)
Update: This post has been updated to include 2011 which is was missing (due to dumbness on my part).
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent 2013 is the 2nd highest average to the same day (115)
2008 is still well out in front.
| Year | Anomaly (sq km) |
| 2008 | 1,179,278 |
| 2013 | 745,503 |
| 2003 | 558,855 |
| 1995 | 538,814 |
| 2009 | 493,850 |
| 2012 | 464,446 |
| 2004 | 460,238 |
| 2001 | 423,453 |
| 1982 | 334,477 |
| 1996 | 292,814 |
| 1994 | 244,300 |
| 1979 | 237,085 |
| 1991 | 96,172 |
| 1987 | 67,523 |
| 1990 | -26,984 |
| 1986 | -27,273 |
| 2005 | -37,556 |
| 2000 | -81,299 |
| 1999 | -82,009 |
| 2010 | -93,560 |
| 1983 | -134,642 |
| 1998 | -148,875 |
| 1989 | -256,004 |
| 2007 | -286,537 |
| 2002 | -305,094 |
| 1992 | -306,598 |
| 1988 | -352,354 |
| 1985 | -388,609 |
| 1984 | -406,363 |
| 1993 | -443,665 |
| 1981 | -591,105 |
| 1997 | -592,872 |
| 2011 | -621,510 |
| 2006 | -737,201 |
| 1980 | -746,627 |
Click to enlarge:
March 15, 2013
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Daily Records Count
Now that 2013 Antarctic Sea Ice Extent has broken the 8th daily record, I thought I would post the updated scoreboard.
2013 has a long, long way to go to break 2010s totals or 2008. If there were scientists at NSIDC and the MSM instead of propagandists 2008 and 2010 would have made great stories.
Don’t 1998, 1980 and 1979 look so lonely at the bottom of the list?
| Year | No of Records |
| 2010 | 129 |
| 2008 | 126 |
| 2006 | 29 |
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
8th Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Daily Record For 2013 – 5th in a row
Day 73 (March 14) had Antarctic Sea Ice Extent set its 8th daily record – the 5th in a row.
2013 broke the old record from 2008 by 32,420 sq km. 2008 had broken the previous record (2001) by 240,070 sq km.
2008 was an amazing year for Antarctic Sea Ice. Did you know that on day 1 in 2008, the old record was broken by 1,391,120 sq km which had occurred in 1996?
Too bad the NSIDC “scientists” ignore Antarctica. It would have made a great story.
March 14, 2013
4th record day in a row for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – 7th record for 2013
UPDATE: 8th record
2013 Day 71 was the 7th daily record for Antarctic Sea Ice Extent. And the 4th in a row.
If you look at the 2008 record setting run ice extent was so far ahead of previous years it was hard to believe any of those records would be broken.
Yet 2013 is doing it.
March 13, 2013
Antarctic Sea Ice Extent – 6th daily record for 2013
Day 71 in the Antarctic was another daily record for Sea Ice Extent (most ice on this day). That makes 6 for 2013 (corrected from 2003 typo). And the 3rd day in a row.
There are only 7 days where a daily record exists from before 2000. 345 records are from 2006 to 2013.
NSIDC has a dedicated page to Arctic Sea Ice. And one for Greenland. But no page dedicated to the Antarctic. That makes them propagandists, not scientists.
| Year | No of Daily Records |
| 2010 | 129 |
| 2008 | 128 |
| 2006 | 29 |
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2007 | 21 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 1979 | 2 |
| 1980 | 1 |
Day 71
March 12, 2013
2nd Record In A Row – Antarctic Sea Ice Day 70 2013 Is 5th Record for the Day This Year
2008 has many, many records for most ice extent for a day in the early part of the year.
2013 managed to set records 3 times and then was just slightly below 2008 for weeks.
Well, on day 69 and 70 2013 caught up to 2008, and finally set its 4th and 5th records for the day.
March 11, 2013
Antarctic Sea Ice Day 69 2013 Is 4th Record for the Day This Year
2008 has many, many records for most ice extent for a day in the early part of the year.
2013 managed to set records 3 times and then was just slightly below 2008 for weeks.
Well, on day 69 2013 caught up to 2008, and finally set its 4th record for the day.
February 26, 2013
Antarctic Sea Ice Minimum Trend Climbing at 140,000 sq km per decade!
Antarctic Sea Ice Minimum Trend is climbing at 140,000 sq km per decade!
After declaring Antarctic had the 2nd highest minimum of all time I thought I should graph the trend.
Wow. At this rate Antarctic Sea Ice minimum will just keep growing and growing until you can’t get near Antarctica by ship at all! (probably not but it is fun to claim).
