You should be aware that it's the average over a period of time that matters, not cherry pick the year to suit your point. :)
QUOTE: On February 20, 2024, sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached an annual minimum extent of 1.99 million square kilometers (768,000 square miles), tying for second lowest minimum with 2022 in the 46-year satellite record. This year’s minimum is 850,000 square kilometers (328,000 square miles) below the 1981 to 2010 average Antarctic minimum extent of 2.84 millions square kilometers (1.10 million square miles). It is also 200,000 square kilometers (77,000 square miles) above the previous record low set on February 21, 2023.
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2024/02/
QUOTE: Arctic sea ice cover retreated rapidly in July 2024, pushing the daily ice extent at the end of the month to the third lowest in the 46-year satellite record. Extensive low-concentration areas of sea ice are found in the Beaufort and East Siberian Seas, reaching 85 degrees North. In the Southern Ocean, sea ice is nearing the extreme low record extent set just last year, caused mostly by a large ice-free area in the southwestern Indian Ocean. As a result, global sea ice extent is at record lows for this time of year.
https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
June 2024: Antarctic sea ice is currently growing towards its seasonal maximum but remains well below average for the time of year.
Arctic sea ice extent reached its annual maximum in March, with a monthly value slightly below average, marking the highest March extent since 2013. As in January and February, sea ice concentration anomalies were mixed across the Arctic Ocean. Concentrations remained above average in the Greenland Sea, a persistent feature since October.
Antarctic sea ice extent was 20% below average, the sixth lowest extent for March in the satellite data record, continuing a series of large negative anomalies observed since 2017. As in February, sea ice concentrations were most below-average in the northern Weddell Sea and in the Ross-Amundsen Sea sector.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sea-ice-cover-march-2024
Henry, I don't have time for discussions of this nature. I don't write things that I have not thoroughly checked. You could check this as well. You just don't want to believe it.
