Sea Ice Stretch Run #3 « Climate Audit

[Arctic] Sea surface temps show much less heat than 2007.
Interesting to see how this will impact the freeze.

[temperature anomaly map]

Contrast the information at the link above with the claims in this paragraph from Andy Revkin:

Igor Polyakov, an ice expert at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, said that heat banked in ocean waters appears to be the main force driving the ice shrinkage this summer, while last year wind patterns were the main factor. He told me that surface air temperatures in the Arctic are now “clearly warmer” than they were in the last big warm spell in the region, from the 1930s into the 1940s, and in some places 40 percent warmer. Water flowing into the Arctic Ocean from the Atlantic is also substantially warmer than it was in the 1990s, he said, adding that this heat is probably contributing to the melting.