The Antarctic sea-ice new record extent stood at 2.287 million sq km
yesterday and likely to be still dropping for a week or so.
27 Feb 1997 previous satellite era record of 2.290 million sq km using
the NSIDC algorithm and output at
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ch...sea-ice-graph/
new record confirmed here
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...at-both-poles/
some background here
https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/ind...,1759.450.html