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Global averages don't tell you much about any specific place. Weather varies considerably.

The long term trend in planetary sea ice still shows a decrease though, for more information on Arctic vs Antarctic ice:

On the bright side we finally have a northwest passage.

> The long term trend in planetary sea ice still shows a decrease though,

This is an understatement of century.

It would be better to say that the speed at which the ice cover melts exceeded worst case projections of even most pessimistic scientists.