The article isn't about showing a trend, but that's my interpretation, of course. It seems to be about why antarctic ice is important and why would be worrying

The article isn't about showing a trend, but that's my interpretation, of course. It seems to be about why antarctic ice is important and why would be worrying if this becomes a trend. That being said, the antarctic ice coverage was remarkably steady this past years: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/s_plot_hires.png https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/s_plot_hires.png compared with arctic ice: https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/n_plot_hires.png https://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/n_plot_hires.png