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Originally Posted by manaboutown

NASA Study: Mass Gains of Antarctic Ice Sheet Greater than Losses | NASA

If you wish to use NASA to support a view that ice is increasing in the Antarctic, you may want to rethink that reference. There will be more data in the spring of 2019, but the latest report is here
Ramp-Up in Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Sea Level Rise | NASA

Unlike the 2015 report, which NASA itself said was not consistent with the findings of other investigators, this 2018 report agrees that ice loss is greatly exceeding new ice formation and contributing to the observed rise in yearly ocean levels.

Ice losses from Antarctica have tripled since 2012, increasing global sea levels by 0.12 inch (3 millimeters) in that timeframe alone, according to a major new international climate assessment funded by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency).

This of course is in addition to the massive loss of sea ice in the Arctic and the loss of land ice from Greenland.