I was not evaluating the overall state of the Arctic or human affairs as a whole, for that matter, but only the fact that extent numbers are no longer stalled, at least for now.
NSIDC SIE
2016, 10, 09, 5.386,
2016, 10, 10, 5.425,
2016, 10, 11, 5.446,
2016, 10, 12, 5.515,
2016, 10, 13, 5.554,
2016, 10, 14, 5.598,
2016, 10, 15, 5.736,
2016, 10, 16, 5.857,
2016, 10, 17, 5.880,
2016, 10, 18, 5.931,
2016, 10, 19, 6.105,
2016, 10, 20, 6.310