January 1st global sea ice area was 17,932,000 km², which is the highest ever recorded during the month of January.

arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008

Climate experts say that unprecedented Mann-made global warming is causing record ice, record cold, record snow, record low tornadoes and hurricanes, and record numbers of global warmists stuck in the ice.