Well I was correct. There is more ice and the ice is growing. Maybe not in that one spot but other areas it is, how about that. Like I said you have to look at the whooooooole thing not just that one area that you cookie cut out. NASA Study Acknowledges Solar Cycle, Not Man, Responsible for Past Warming http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=15310 "The total ice area in the Arctic reached its 2009 minimum on September 12, 2009 with approximately 4.5 mill sq. km. This is approximately 10 days earlier and almost 1 mill sq km. more than the record minimum of 2007. Compared to the minimum of 2008, this years total ice area minimum is ca. 700,000 mill. sq. km. higher." http://arctic-roos.org/ "Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (Arctic ROOS) has been established by a group of 14 member institutions from nine European countries."