Originally Posted by djplong

I went to the site you provided and I see a quite CLEAR downward trend in the graphs they're providing. Looking at the 107 year chart at http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosph....1900-2007.jpg shows that trend.

Summer arctic ice which hovered aroun 11M sq km is now down around 7 (was a 8, plunged to 6 but rebounded slightly in the last 2 years).

Spring ice went from 15M to about 12.5M, overall ice went from 13.5M to about 10.3M.

Even if I look at the last 30 years on that chart, it CLEARLY show a downward trend.