There go the moving goalposts again.
Moving what goal posts? we have less ice then ever, the ice sheet in the antartic is collapsing, the increased ice in the artic was predicted, just like temporary pauses and accelerations. The artic and antartic are very different and often behave in an inverse manner due to the land surrounding the antartic.
There is a total loss of ice on a massive scale, what you are doing effectively is going on about the snow in Denver and ignoring the record heat, droughts etc in australia. This article completely misses the overall point. Certain regions will show regional variation, the overall effect is key, there was a massive loss and for the first time ever it the ice sheet is collapsing. Continue with the non-sense but reality will smack you in the face soon enough. We are seeing vegetation move north that has never, ever grown there, we are seeing methane leaks in the oceans, we are currently in the 6th mass extinction event, honestly, humans might be fine but we will have to pay for this.