Covered with snow and ice

A London newspaper admits:

Climate contrarians have been making much of an article published on 20 March 2000 – the last day of winter – with the headline: "Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past."

Self evidently, snow has not become a thing of the past, judging from the amount that fell in Britain in December.

It is also evident from the spectular satellite picture here:

But this astonishing picture shows the world as it is today - with half the Northern Hemisphere covered with snow and ice.