West Ice
| Year | Harp seal | Hooded seal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pups | 1+ yo | total | total | |
| 1946–50 | 26,606 | 9,466 | 36,070 | 41,409 |
| 1951–60 | 25,250 | 8,266 | 33,506 | 46,328 |
| 1961–70 | 17,524 | 3,365 | 20,889 | 39,146 |
| 1971–80 | 11,543 | 1,744 | 13,287 | 19,863 |
| 1981–90 | 5,095 | 3,394 | 8,489 | 3,791 |
| 1991–95 | 281 | 6,968 | 7,249 | 3,479 |
| 1996–00 | 3,251 | 1,473 | 4,724 | |
The West Ice (Norwegian: Vestisen, or Vesterisen, Danish: see below) is a patch of the Greenland Sea covered by pack ice during winter time. It is located north of Iceland, between East Greenland and Jan Mayen island. In Greenland and the Danish language, vestisen refers to the sea ice-covered waters off Greenland's west coast.