Not only has the southern Ocean, Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica, and East Antarctica been cooling or not warming in recent decades, but many regional glaciers have begun advancing again
Just two years ago, many of Germany's mainstream outlets declared sea ice at the South Pole was melting at an 'astonishing ' rate. German national daily Suddeutsche Zeitung reported in June 2019 that Antarctic sea ice had shrunk 1.8 million square kilometers, writing 'the massive disappearance of ice is astonishing.'
Today, two years later, German climate science site Die Kalte Sonne looks at recent sea ice developments in Antarctica—noting that the climate ambulance chasing mainstream media like the Suddeutsche Zeitung have since mysteriously stopped reporting on Antarctica. Here's why: Sea ice at the south Pole has rebounded over the past two years to levels seen 30 years ago. In June 2021, Antarctic sea ice was even well above normal. 1