Shock News! According to Steven Goddard last week “The Arctic continues to recover“. However some fresh new evidence has been uncovered today:

[Image from the 1/12° Arctic Cap HYCOM/CICE/NCODA archive]
Meanwhile over on Twitter:
Us:
@oakden_wolf Is this one easier @SteveSGoddard? Multi-year ice in the Beaufort has got thinner since last September pic.twitter.com/YUyQwbRQ0N
— Jim Hunt (@jim_hunt) March 7, 2014
Them:
@jim_hunt @oakden_wolf Too bad @NSIDC says the exact opposite http://t.co/fqjESS8uyP pic.twitter.com/eRsn1TmITM
— Steve Goddard (@SteveSGoddard) March 7, 2014
Us:
@SteveSGoddard @oakden_wolf @NSIDC No they don’t! Where’s March 2014? Looks like my example was the thickest floe the boffins could find.
— Jim Hunt (@jim_hunt) March 7, 2014


[Images courtesy of Wipneus on the Arctic Sea Ice Forum]