''... qualitatively consistent with the counterintuitive prediction of a global atmospheric - ocean model of increasing sea ice around Antarctica with climate warming due to the stabilizing effects of increased snowfall on the Southern Ocean.» (skepticalscience.com)
Without the moderating effects of increased snowfall and refreezing, post-1996 Greenland ice sheet mass losses would have been 100 % higher. (realclimate.org)
The Antarctic ice sheet was expected to grow, with increased snowfall compensating for melting around the edges. (newscientist.com)