The New York Times claims that satellites were first used to study the Arctic in the late 1970s.

We Charted Arctic Sea Ice for Nearly Every Day Since 1979. You’ll See a Trend. – The New York Times

In 1990, Tom Karl and Kevin Trenberth said we have “routinely” collected satellite data back to the early 1970’s, when sea ice extent was “significantly less”

1990 IPCC Report

h/t Leigh Yaxley

Details here from the National Ice Center

U.S. NIC

h/t northernont

NOAA and the New York Times are now trying to hide the pre-1970 low sea ice extent, because it wrecks their global warming story.

ftp://ftp.oar.noaa.gov/arctic/documents/ArcticReportCard_full_report2016.pdf

This is a smoking gun of fraud. The people behind this need to called out and shut down.