[yoe]

...then the Ice Age is really coming to a close?

[fireforeffect]

Or a new one is starting.

Open water in the Arctic can cause excessive snow in Canada and Russia. This is one of the scenarios for the start of an ice age.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Not in Alaska according to this....just posted :

New paleo reconstruction shows warmer periods in Alaska over the past 3000 years

It's cooling down .