claim: As of today,JAXA shows that we have more ice than any time on this date for the past 8 years of Aqua satellite measurement for this AMSRE dataset.
evidence: Aqua carries six instruments for studies of water on the Earth's surface and in the atmosphere, of which four are still operating : Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS ( AMSR-E ) — measures cloud properties, sea surface temperature, near-surface wind speed, radiative energy flux, surface water, ice and snow.