Other locations in the Antarctic have record levels of ice, I believe.
Wonder why we wre not hearing sbout that.
The Antarctic sea ice last June set an all-time record high with an “excess” (more sea ice than normal for that date) of 2.116 million sq kilometers - an area larger than than all of Greenland. Today, the “excess” Antarctic sea ice is not as big - only 1-1/2 times the size of Hudson Bay. About 1.8 million square kilometers. 8<)
Averaged over all of April, the average Antarctic sea ice set a new monthly record also.
East Antarctic land ice is gaining mass as well - all but for three glaciers on the edge. West antarctic ice sheet is steady, but for three glaciers on the peninsula going up towards south America. But that is only 3% of the continent's area. (Pine Island and the Thwaits glaciers the ones they like to publicize. Because they are the only ones losing mass.)
In other areas of the Antarctic, there’s record ice. This is the way that things work. Ice builds up, pushes out, and then breaks off near the ocean. I don’t suppose that anyone has considered that this is just a natural process...nah.