Feds: ‘January had largest Antarctic sea ice extent on record’
NCDC:'Antarctic sea ice during January was 890,000 square miles (44.6 percent) above the 1981–2010 average. This was the largest January Antarctic sea ice extent on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2008 by 220,000 square miles.'
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/summary-info/global/2015/01