[Mike Darancette]

The mean North Poll winter temperature is -40F not -20F.

http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/poles/weather.html

[centurion316]

I didn’t provide a winter mean temperature for the North Pole, but the mean temperature for the region north of latitude N 80 degrees for that specific day.

You can check it for today right here.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/reference-pages/sea-ice-page/