Are ice ages in the northern hemisphere more likely when the tilt of the earth is at a maximum or a minimum?

Question

Are ice ages in the northern hemisphere more likely when the tilt of the earth is at a maximum or a minimum?

Answer 1

Speaking only of orbital issues, more ice would be more likely when the tilt of the earth is at a maximum, because if the tilt is greater, in the NH winter, the northern latitudes are farther away from the sun than they are when the tilt is smaller, so on the whole the NH would experience a cooler winter.

However, "Ice Age" is a large climactic event that has more going into it than just the tilt of the earth and how it changes...so I don't think it's fair to say that a whole "ice age" is more likely, because other issues like the other  Milankovitch cycles (for example, orbit eccentricity, precession) all play in to ice ages. Historically, ice ages are also associated with different constructions of the earth's continents (and hence, oceans; remember Pangea?).

But, for the purposes of simplicity, I'd say that ice is more likely when the tilt is at a maximum.