According to Germany‘s Alfred Wegener Institute
On September 18, Antarctic sea ice reached a record of 19.65 million square kilometers, an area more than 50 times the size of Germany.
Some naysayers have tried to dismiss this new record, claiming that although the ice may have expanded to cover a huge area, the record is meaningless because the ice is very thin.
However, it appears that that argument doesn’t wash.
Excerpts:
Over the last months, Germany‘s Alfred Wegener Institute has conducted two winter experiments with the Polarstern research ice breaker in the Weddell Sea. In these expeditions the scientists encountered “ever thicker and more compact ice”(emphasis added), which supports the claim of maximum ice mass.
“… Even if there are no large area long-term measurements of sea ice thickness in the Antarctic, we conclude from various studies that the total volume of the Antarctic sea ice has grown over the last years….” “ (emphasis added)
Republished from iceagenow.info
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