Official Arctic Ice records exist before 1979, 1990 UN IPCC report, p. 224 shows Arctic Ice from 1974. It's much less scary, so you rarely if ever see it

Arctic Ice satellite data does exist prior to 1979. "The 1990 IPCC report had satellite data going back much earlier than 1979, which showed that Arctic peaked in that year, and was much lower in 1974." Why start the graph at a peak year? Chart is on page 224 pdf 1990 UN IPCC Report, note (a) at top left of chart denotes Arctic (2nd chart posted below).

9/9/13, "The Long Term Trend Towards Scientific Stupidity," Steven Goddard

"Alarmists like Nuttercelli are hiding behind what they call “the long term trend” in Arctic ice, as a way to avoid a serious discussion about the 60% increase in ice this year.
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The first thing to note is that NSIDC starts their graph at the century maximum in 1979. In the early 1970s, sea ice was much less extensive than later in the decade. If NSIDC included the entire satellite record in their graph, it would look like a sine wave, not a straight line.

UN IPCC 1990 chart is on page 224 pdf 1990 UN IPCC Report, note (a) at top left of chart denotes Arctic. www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/far/wg_I/ipcc_far_wg_I_full_report.pdf

Another important issue is that plotting linear trends on short sections of a cyclical function – is junk science and mathematics."...

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