Surveys

Scientific moorings established aug 02 thru oct 03: a. F1-5 in 78-49.96N 008-39.90E

Greenland Sea · HYDROARC 1/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-10-03 00:00Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · DR URSULA SCHAUER ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH 100754Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-26 05:40Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Greenland Sea. The parsed report position is 78.833, 4.085. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Greenland Sea →

issued: 2003-02-26 05:40Z
status: Archived notice
authority: DR URSULA SCHAUER ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH 100754Z FEB 03
issued by: DR URSULA SCHAUER ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH
sea: Greenland Sea
position: 78.833, 4.085
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED AUG 02 THRU OCT 03:
A. F1-5 IN 78-49.96N 008-39.90E.
B. F2-6 IN 78-50.02N 008-19.78E.
C. F3-5 IN 78-50.01N 007-59.72E.
D. F4-5 IN 78-49.95N 007-00.03E.
E. F5-5 IN 78-49.96N 006-00.16E.
F. F6-6 IN 78-50.03N 005-00.52E.
G. F7-4 IN 78-50.00N 004-00.01E.
H. F8-5 IN 78-50.00N 002-48.15E.
I. F9-4 IN 78-50.03N 000-48.13W.
J. F10-5 IN 78-49.89N 001-59.94W.
K. F15-1 IN 78-49.96N 001-36.72E.
L. F16-1 IN 78-50.10N 000-23.99E.

Reading this warning

Scientific mooring: Instruments anchored to the seabed and held up by floats, sometimes just below the surface, left for months to measure the ocean.
Position (degrees and minutes): How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

3 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:31Z; source collection times vary.

Surveys

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.