11-03-2015, 04:41 PM
Continental ice and sea ice are different things and they are effected by different things. The fact that Antarctica as a whole still gained ice is not really all that surprising. I would be more shocked if the tonnage of sea ice had increased.
The arctic is a very different beast in the fact that it is all sea ice.
The arctic is a very different beast in the fact that it is all sea ice.