The War of Data, And Why I Am Lukewarm About Global Warming, page 9

originally posted by: swanne
You do know that since Antarctica is in the Southern hemisphere, it's currently summer down there, so it's kinda normal for it to warm up around Christmas Eve?

Besides, the article I've posted said that AGW predicts Antarctica to freeze up. If it's really reaching a "record minimum" (no source...), then it implies that either AGW model lacks accuracy even today, or that AGW is right and the current "minimum" isn't caused by it (just a side effect of El Nino or something). In either cases, your argument is moot.

You do know this hasn't been happening just in SH summer 2016, right?

For the month (NOVEMBER), Antarctic ice extent was 5.7 standard deviations below the long-term average. This departure from average was more than twice as large as the previous record departure from average, set in November 1986.

Summer starts on December 1st. That happened when it was still Spring.

There are a variety of sources tracking this. Here's one.

Where in the article does it say AGW predicts Antarctica to freeze?

“The Antarctic sea ice is one of those areas where things have not gone entirely as expected. So it’s natural for scientists to ask, ‘OK, this isn’t what we expected, now how can we explain it?’”

This refers to the generally upward trend in Antarctic sea ice extent that 2016 has diverged drastically from.