Is a mini ice age upon us?

Here's an interesting view, in stark contrast to the exaggerated alarmism espoused by the puzzled-looking gentleman pictured above. Quick bite:

"According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this.

...last week 56 per cent of the surface of the United States was covered by snow. ‘That hasn’t happened for several decades,’ he pointed out. ‘It just isn’t true to say this is a blip. We can expect colder winters for quite a while.’"

We'll see. Read the whole thing.

UPDATE: December 2009 was 14th coldest in 115 years and second snowiest in 44 years.