To give them credit, they found the error when it was reported by a number of people when it was obvious there was a massive breakdown in the data. I noticed it myself for the past week as I look at the ice concentration on a daily basis. Here are more details on what happened:
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
Remember our bet? I wonder who would have won if the race weren’t rigged?
To: gusopol3
I would guess November 21.
http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/current.365.jpg
October 24, 2008 versus October 24, 1999.
http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test/print.sh?fm=10&fd=24&fy=1999&sm=10&sd=24&sy=2008
16 posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 9:19:25 PM by Aussiebabe