Incidents · overdue

M/V national geographic explorer, overdue in vicinity of dundas harbor (74-31N 082-23W)

The Northwestern Passages · HYDROARC 181/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-09-07 10:50Z

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 130939Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-13 14:34Z. 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 74.517, -82.383. 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 The Northwestern Passages →

issued
2018-08-13 14:34Z
status
Archived notice
authority
JRCC TRENTON 130939Z AUG 18.
issued by
JRCC TRENTON
sea
The Northwestern Passages
position
74.517, -82.383
vessel
M/V NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

LANCASTER SOUND.
CANADA.
DNC 28.
M/V NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER, OVERDUE IN
VICINITY OF DUNDAS HARBOR (74-31N 082-23W).
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC TRENTON,
TELEX: 210662282,
PHONE: 613 965 3870,
FAX: 613 965 7190.

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.
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)

11 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-09-24 23:10Z; 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) →

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