Climate models show a steep increase of temperature at the north pole and flat or even slight cooling at the south pole. I have never understood the reason that the poles are different in this regard. These results are no surprise to the IPCC, more sea ice at the North pole would really be surprising.
The projections for the future showing high warming at the north pole and less at the south can be found at the bottom of the summary for policy makers;
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-spm.pdf
The IPCC physical science report showing a high probability of short-term warming at the south pole
http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter3.pdf
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Climate models show a steep increase of temperature at the north pole and flat or even slight cooling at the south pole. I have never understood the reason that the poles are different in this regard. These results are no surprise to the IPCC, more sea ice at the North pole would really be surprising. The projections for the future showing high warming at the north pole and less at the south can be found at the bottom of the summary for policy makers; http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-spm.pdf The IPCC physical science report showing a high probability of short-term warming at the south pole http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg1/ar4-wg1-chapter3.pdf