So you have problems concluding that a strong 100+ year...

So you have problems concluding that a strong 100+ year scientifically supported warming trend is persistent, but are happy to jump on the "Global Cooling" bandwagon on the back of the '97/98 cherry picked temperature slope and a 1 year reduced Arctic melt. Skeptics. LOL.

The ice pack has not grown by 60%. Apply a little thought gents. It hasn't grown at all. What we are seeing is a reduced melt due to a cooler than average Arctic summer.

When you consider that the 2013 summer was one of the coldest on record, the melt is actually very significant. With such a cold summer one would expect the extent to be at least around or above the average extent seen over the period of the satellite record. However it is significantly below this. Have a look at the image below, it shows the 1979 to 2004 extents in comparison the the 2012 and 2013 extents. I'm not seeing much of a recovery there.

Here is another image that places this "recovery" in context. Groundhog Day.

It's hockey sticks all the way down ladies.