Where is the evidence that sea ice off Alaska has "melted dramatically"?

1. In this figure, note carefully the increased sea ice extent (over the "long term" 1979 to 2000 median) for May 2008 in the area of Alaska.


Figure 1. Arctic sea ice extent for May 2008 was 13.18 million square kilometers (5.09 million square miles). The magenta line shows the median ice extent for May from 1979 to 2000.

2. Contrast that data with the suggestion here that the Alaskan polar bears are in danger because of "dramatically" decreased sea ice:

Charlotte Observer | 06/09/2008 | Groups say they will sue over polar bears, drilling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska --
Two conservation groups plan to sue to protect polar bears from petroleum exploration and drilling off Alaska's coast.

The Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Environment gave the federal government formal notice Monday that they will sue under the Endangered Species Act to protect the bears, which were listed as threatened last month by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.

Polar bears are threatened - likely to become endangered - because their sea ice habitat has melted dramatically and computer models predict further losses, Kempthorne said. Polar bears use sea ice for mating, denning and hunting.
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Boats, aircraft and drilling platforms will add to bears' stress by causing them to flee and expend more energy, Cummings said.

"These are animals that, because of global warming, are food-stressed and they're simply in worse physical condition than they would be in an otherwise intact Arctic," he said.