On Sep 18, 1:03*pm, James Brown
wrote:
It looks as if there has been a faster seasonal return to ice increase
than in the dire year of 2007. Though looking at the overall Arctic
temperature charts I'm not quite sure why.

http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/i...timeseries.png

Cheers
James
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James Brown

Maybe winds above and sea currents below have a far greater influence
than just temperature. Actually the temps above 80 north have been
much lower than 2007 and have only risen sharply again the last couple
of days.

http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/meant80n.uk.php