At the summer solstice, Antarctic sea ice extent is near a record maximum, for the second year in a row.  The excess ice is by definition at low latitudes, meaning that it is reflecting a lot of sunlight back into space, which otherwise would have been absorbed in the ocean.

This is of course the exact opposite of the farcical claims being made by leading government scientists, that excess Antarctic sea ice is an indication of global warming.

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