This is really an impressive stall at this point, looking back at NSIDC extent numbers for the last two weeks.
x 106 km2
2016, 12, 30, 12.669,
2016, 12, 31, 12.608,
2017, 01, 01, 12.608,
2017, 01, 02, 12.614,
2017, 01, 03, 12.705,
2017, 01, 04, 12.956,
2017, 01, 05, 12.932,
2017, 01, 06, 12.843,
2017, 01, 07, 12.852,
2017, 01, 08, 12.879,
2017, 01, 09, 12.847,
2017, 01, 10, 12.884,
2017, 01, 11, 13.054,
2017, 01, 12, 12.869,
2017, 01, 13, 12.869,