The BBC article date is 19 May 2014.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...
dated 6 July 2014 says, 'Antarctic sea ice hits new record high with 2.1million sq km more than is usual for time of year'.
' America’s National Snow And Ice Data Center, which is funded by Nasa, revealed that ice around the southern continent covers about 16million sq km, more than 2.1 million more than is usual for the time of year. '

A good summary is here,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/...

Also see-
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/...
for 35 years of data on Antarctic ice cover.

What the BBC does not tell us is that the West Antarctic sheet, where there is some local ice loss, is over an active volcano

Do Gulchers really question global warming, or more the contribution of humans to it?

Faking satellite data is like faking the moon landing, not very likely?

Based on remote satellite measurements, scientists recently recorded that temperature at a desolate ice plateau in East Antarctica. It was the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth, though it may not get that recognition in the official record book. http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/20...

I blame Mama Nature. The climate is always in a process of change. Think dinosaurs and wooly mammoths. The only change Obama will wreck by damaging the coal and coal power industry is job loss. And in Obama's own words,"Electricity will necessary skyrocket."
EcoNazis rejoice!

some reading on Cryosat

http://wattsupwiththat.com/?s=Esa%27s+Cr...

I think they made a mistake... another satellite just showed that arctic ice is thicker and covers more area (an area the size of freaking Alaska) than it did just a few years ago...

Well, I know that several gulchers have opined in the recent past that global warming is a myth perpetrated by the Obama administration and the UN, so what could possibly be causing this ice loss?
Perhaps the satellite data is suspect?

ETA: ...that’s suppose to be ‘due for a flip’ not ‘do for a flip’.

Been doing a lot of reading of James Lovelock. This article is another point to ponder about the true ice melt situation, along with a host of other biosphere changes that are happening quickly.

There is another article around here about ice doubling instead of disappearing like expected.

Could the geo-magnetic field have anything to do with it? We are supposly do for a flip and there are reports that it is expected sooner rather than later http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl...