> By the way the Antarctic ice sheet is currently at median levels (based on 1981-2010 baseline) Careful: ice sheet != sea ice. The formation of sea ice is str

> By the way the Antarctic ice sheet is currently at median levels (based on 1981-2010 baseline) Careful: ice sheet != sea ice. The formation of sea ice is strongly dependant upon underlying sea temperature & exposure to daytime sun & nightime radiational cooling. Ice sheets form on land due to snowfall. Most of the Antarctic sea-ice disappears every year in the southern hemisphere summer.