The Arctic was supposed to be ice-free by 2016

I wonder how much money these guys are paid to make the ludicrous predictions? 

In September 2012, Cambridge University’s Peter Wadhams claimed the Arctic would be ice-free within four years.

“This collapse, I predicted would occur in 2015-16 at which time the summer Arctic (August to September) would become ice-free,” said Professor Peter Wadhams, head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at Cambridge University.

So what actually happened?

According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, even though Arctic sea ice hit its second-lowest extent on record in 2016, tying with 2007, some 1.6 million square miles of ice still remained.

That’s a lot more than zero ice coverage.

In fact, that’s more than half the size of all 48 contiguous United States. According to Wikipedia, the 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C. occupy a combined area of 3,119,884.69 square miles.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/27/the-arctic-was-supposed-to-be-ice-free-in-2016-that-didnt-happen/

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/21/arctic-will-be-ice-free-in-summer-next-year

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/arctic-could-become-ice-free-for-first-time-in-more-than-100000-years-claims-leading-scientist-a7065781.html

Via IceAgeNow