"Ian Currie" wrote in message
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One important factor is that the pattern of ice is dictated as much by
circulation patterns as warmer or colder conditions. As we know on this
group there has been a large are of high pressure to the west or even north
west of the British isles for a long time. The depressions have been less
deep than usual and the winds not so strong in this region. Strong winds
will tend to break up the ice pack. With lighter winds the drift of the ice
in the East Greenland current will be less impeded and the pack allowed to
grow.

So reanalysis maps for the seasons it was extensive, will show that
anticyclones in the N. Atlantic were also "extensive."

Blows away global warming then, doesn't it?

What distance does the ice extend before it reaches close enough for
land ice to form and reach out to it.


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