Thanks PaulB, here is the live link then....
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/12/14/global-sea-ice-trend-since-1979-surprising/
What you are saying is correct but this looks like new research. It is very easy to get carried away by such images as you refer to without understanding the real context. I understand that they are not questioning global warming or CO2 content but the impact it has on the ice. There is also a lot of opinion that suggests that we are now in a cooling cycle!!!
The point is that the man made global warming industry does not have it all its own way, far from it. It is good to question those beliefs that have become the 'norm'.
