Data shows that it in fact may be standing at its greatest extent in at least 97 years.
Updated NASA Data: Global Warming Not Causing Any Polar Ice Retreat
Updated data from NASA satellite instruments reveal the Earth’s polar ice caps have not receded at all since the satellite instruments began measuring the ice caps in 1979. Since the end of 2012, moreover, total polar ice extent has largely remained above the post-1979 average.
More:
Al Gore predicted that the Arctic ice cap could completely disappear by 2014.
However, new data released by NASA reveals that the Earth’s polar ice caps have not receded at all since satellite measurements began in 1979.
Considering that the late 1970s marked the end of a 30-year cooling trend, the polar ice caps were quite likely more extensive at that time than they had been since at least the 1920s.
This indicates that not only is polar ice not receding, it is now quite possibly at its greatest extent in at least 97 years.