Lets hope that the Northern Hem Snow cover can offset some Arctic Ice Melt this summer & the really great cover we have now will give us an extended season this year! Arctic Ice Extent is still on the low side of ave but I'm thinking & hoping that we don't see a dramatic drop in sea ice cover this summer so we can do this nordic thing all over again next winter!!....stay tuned..
http://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/chart_daily.php?ui_year=2010&ui_day=43&ui_set=2