well recent "new" data tells that the arctic has never before increased in ice as rapidly as the past few months since readings began in 1979.

Details here: http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/sea.ice.anomaly.timeseries.jpg

Similarly, the world all over currently has 1 million square kilometers of ice more than the norm

Details here:

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/global.daily.ice.area.withtrend.jpg

so that kinda might change your arguements mike