January 1998: 14.8 million sq km
January 1999: 14.5 million sq km
January 2000: 14.4 million sq km
January 2001: 14.3 million sq km
January 2002: 14.4 million sq km
January 2003: 14.5 million sq km
January 2004: 14 million sq km
January 2005: 13.7 million sq km
January 2006: 13.6 million sq km
January 2007: 13.8 million sq km
January 2008: 14 million sq km (just like Jan 2004, but less than at least Jan 1989 through Jan 2003)
Southern Extent
Sep-1998: 19.1 million sq miles
Sep-1999: 19.0 million sq miles
Sep-2000: 19.1 million sq miles
Sep-2001: 18.4 million sq miles
Sep-2002: 18.2 million sq miles
Sep-2003: 18.6 million sq miles
Sep-2004: 19.1 million sq miles
Sep-2005: 19.2 million sq miles
Sep-2006: 19.3 million sq miles
Sep-2007: 19.2 million sq miles
I showed the different months because they are yearly peaks for their respective hemispere.
http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/archi...
It%26#039;s also clear that the ice is gaining significantly in the south. Last winter there was 2 million sqkm more ice than the 1979-2000 mean.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/...
globally, the amount of ice world wide has been relatively constant.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/...
Nice try though.