According to the blog ‘sunshine hours’, Antarctica has set a new all-time record for sea ice extent for a THIRD straight day. The new record stands at 16.47964 million sq km breaking the old record of 240,000 sq km set back in 2007.

According to Dr Joe D’Aleo, that’s an area 3 times the size of Australia.

Interestingly back in 2007, while Antarctica broke records for maximum, the Arctic set a new record for minimum. How ironic.

This year, Northern Hemisphere sea ice stands at 6th lowest but well up on last year. A lot of the reason behind the lack of ARCTIC sea ice is arguably down to the warm AMO.

However, with more arctic sea ice this late summer/fall, expect a faster and stronger return of arctic air and the growth of snow pack. A crucial ingredient for sustained and expanding cold air masses.

Over the next 4-6 weeks, expect to see a substantial increase in NH snow pack.

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