On 19/03/08 2:40, in article , "0B0NZ"
wrote:

So what has the record cold winter of 2007 done then?

First it is not a record cold winter.

But what has happened is that is has created more new Artice sea ice than
last year at this time by about 1 million sq km. This about to peak for the
season and the value attained, 14 million is still a million below the highs
of the period 1980-2000.

Anything between 14 million and 3 million (last summer minimum)

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosph...rrent.area.jpg

is new ice, how much of it survives after the summer low will
be seen by mid-September.

The "cold winter" will not effect the loss of ice mass on Greenland
itself, currently running 150 km3 per year.