These temperatures are for North Pole Fairbanks Alaska. It's not "The North Pole", it's also not even in the Arctic Circle.In fact if you look at the first pict

These temperatures are for North Pole Fairbanks Alaska. It's not "The North Pole", it's also not even in the Arctic Circle.In fact if you look at the first picture in the linked article, you'll see how the deltas they're referring to are not the case in Alaska. (And the temperature in the middle of Alaska doesn't have much bearing on Arctic sea ice).