Can you speak to what specifically the article is wrong about regarding the apparently dramatic expansion of arctic ice?
It was at record lows, so the capacity for a record bounce-back is higher.
as in, science still pretty much has so much to learn about then environment and claims of doom and gloom should be taken with the same grain of salt as with religious prophets.
Not really, no. The earth is warming, ice receded this summer at record levels; because of that record recession, the normal winter bounceback is higher than normal.