The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) posted a press release on August 27, 2012 that a new record for the Arctic lowest sea ice extent has been broken a month before the lowest extent is usually achieved. In otherwords, it is still decreasing.
NSIDC Press Room: Arctic Sea Ice Breaks 2007 Extent Record
NSIDC Press Room: Arctic Sea Ice Breaks 2007 Extent Record