NSIDC SIE numbers have been steady moving up the last several days.
2016, 10, 31, 7.080
2016, 11, 01, 7.172
2016, 11, 02, 7.342
2016, 11, 03, 7.551
2016, 11, 04, 7.634
2016, 11, 05, 7.858
2016, 11, 06, 8.042
2016, 11, 07, 8.184
2016, 11, 08, 8.238
2016, 11, 09, 8.386
2016, 11, 10, 8.403
Still, you have to expect, or ask, that when everything facing the Bering Strait is frozen over, however thinly, will there be another pause on the Atlantic fed side?