Originally Posted by
Water pilot
You do realize that the record amount of ice in the ocean is actually a sign of a warming artic . . .
A good point, but note that the poster was referring to an incident with the M.V. Akademik Shokalskiy, which was trapped in
Antarctic ice, five or so years ago. Of course the point you make applies equally to the ice down there:
Antarctic Ship Rescue . . .
[. . .] But expedition leader Chris Turney said that the team's situation may have been
in part due to warming oceans, which broke an iceberg into smaller pieces that the wind then swept against the ship, according to FoxNews.com.
Kevin Trenberth, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, added by email that
'any comments about overall ice shrinking or increasing are absurd in this situation. . . .'
Emphasis added.