Incidents · overdue

20 foot vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue from igloolik (69-23.00N 081-48.00W)

The Northwestern Passages · HYDROARC 148/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-07-22 13:55Z

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) · JRCC TRENTON 0/22 080311Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-08 03:24Z. 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: The Northwestern Passages. The parsed report position is 69.383, -81.800. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

FOXE BASIN.
CANADA.
DNC 28.
20 FOOT VESSEL, WHITE HULL, THREE PERSONS
ON BOARD, OVERDUE FROM IGLOOLIK
(69-23.00N 081-48.00W). VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC TRENTON,
PHONE: 613 965 3870,
FAX: 613 965 7190 OR PRESCOTT MCTS,
PHONE: 613 925 4471, FAX: 613 925 4519
OR IQALUIT MCTS,
PHONE: 867 979 5269, FAX: 867 979 4264.

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.
Persons on board (POB): The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Overdue vessel: A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

7 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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

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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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 02:02Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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.