As indeed you would expect, especially since the winds were even more favorable for ice export in the early 90's. (realclimate.org)
The subsequent increase in multiyear sea ice culminated during the past 2500 years and is linked to an increase in ice export from the western Arctic and higher variability of ice - drift routes. (science.sciencemag.org)
Gudmandsen provides a more detailed analysis of ice export from the Lincoln Sea north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago into Baffin Bay, through Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada. (searcharcticscience.org)