Cable ops

Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V polarcus adira towing 12 9000 meter long cables in…

Arctic · Barents Sea · HYDROARC 144/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-08-24 19:02Z

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) · NAVAREA XIX 61/15 241830Z JUN 15.. Issued 2015-06-24 19:41Z. 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
Arctic · Barents Sea. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
issued
2015-06-24 19:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XIX 61/15 241830Z JUN 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
vessel
M/V POLARCUS ADIRA · 68 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
BARENTS SEA.
DNC 22.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
   BY M/V POLARCUS ADIRA TOWING 12 9000 METER LONG
   CABLES IN AREA BETWEEN
   73-43N 73-02N AND 029-00E 024-30E.
   SEVEN MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROARC 72/15.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Seismic survey
A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROARC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.

All warning terms →

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No parsed position is available for this comparison.

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:16Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.