Climate Lies -- Antarctic "Melting" OMG!!

The Alarmist Article:

From MSDNC;  

"NASA satellite captures Antarctica melting during heat wave"

"Antarctica, home to the coldest place on Earth, experienced a worrying heat wave earlier in February, possibly even setting a record high temperature for the normally frigid continent. A NASA satellite has taken stock of what that heat meant to the local ice cap and glaciers.

OMG!! MELTWATER IN THE ANTARCTIC!!

NASA's Earth Observatory released two images from the agency's Landsat 8 satellite. They highlight dramatic changes in the ice and snow along the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula.

A close-up look at Eagle Island on Feb. 4 showed plenty of snow coverage. A follow-up view from Feb. 13 revealed bright-blue melt ponds and exposed ground.

"I haven't seen melt ponds develop this quickly in Antarctica," said Mauri Pelto, a glaciologist at Nichols College in Massachusetts, in a NASA post on Friday.

Eagle Island isn't far from Argentina's Esperanza research base where a record high temperature was logged.

A World Meteorological Organization committee is working to verify the record temperature reading, but the results of the warm spell are easy to spot in the satellite views. The heat wave liquefied around 20% of Eagle Island's seasonal snow accumulation in a matter of days.

The heat and related meltwater formation is part of a pattern. "If you think about this one event in February, it isn't that significant," said Pelto. "It's more significant that these events are coming more frequently."

The Truth of So-Called Antarctic "Melting"

At first glance, you would be led to think that the picture shown is a satellite image of the Antarctic Continent. The truth is that it's an image of Eagle Island at the very end of the Antarctic Peninsula,  far outside of the Antarctic Circle (shown as the 63' S latitude)!   Eagle Island is closer to Argentina than the Antarctic Continent!! Esperanza Base is at the tip of this peninsula.

Antarctic Peninsula Showing Eagle Island in Red

Antarctic Continent Map Showing Antarctic Peninsula Highlighted in Red

Even on Eagle Island, there are only two months in the year where the daily highs reach above freezing. Even in the warmest months, daily lows are well below freezing.  Esperanza Base, located in the northernmost and warmest part of Antarctica, at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (Eagle Island), at a latitude of 63 ° south, the temperature is even higher, in fact, the daily average ranges from a low of -10.5 °C (13 °F) in June to a high of 1.5 °C (35 °F) in January. The cold record is -38.4 °C (-37.1 °F).

The rest of the Antarctic Continent is continuously well below freezing, usually well below zero, even in the summer months.  See my discussion of just how cold Antarctica really is. 

THERE IS NO MELTING IN 99.99% OF ANTARCTICA EVER, EVEN IN THEIR SUMMER!!!