- Warm summer in Antarctica and several strong föhn wind events smashed the Antarctic sea ice extent setting an all-time record low in 44 years of satellite observations. For the first time since 1979, Southern Ocean sea ice coverage dropped below 2M square km https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/antarctic-sea-ice-extent-all-time-low-february-marked-negative-anomaly-rrc/ 9 comments worldnews