We had cold spell in central europe for couple of weeks (not sure about the rest of the northern hemisphere), that could explain the extra snow. Now we're back

We had cold spell in central europe for couple of weeks (not sure about the rest of the northern hemisphere), that could explain the extra snow. Now we're back at +-normal temperatures for this time of the year. All of which tells very little about arctic ice - in fact despite this cold spell water is warmer than usual. Not good