On Sep 10, 4:38*pm, James Brown
wrote:
In message , Col
writes



"James Brown" wrote in message
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See:

http://iup.physik.uni-bremen.de:8084...mum2011-en.pdf

How many organisations & different methods of assessing sea ice
extent are there?

http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm

This suggests we are close to a new record, but not there yet.

Perhaps there is a pressure to be the 'first' to assess it :-((

Cheers
--
James Brown

Perhaps so. I've been watching it on a daily basis through the IJIS
site that Col linked to. That's the one I've used every year and it
provides a good conparison. It's presently 270,000 km2 short of the
record and whether it is beaten, or not, will be close. personally I
doubt it will be, unless the freezing season is delayed, as per 2007.