Surveys

Foxe Basin

The Northwestern Passages · HYDROARC 187/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-09-28 11:01Z

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 XVIII 89/13 232303Z SEP 13.. Issued 2013-09-23 23:27Z. 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 68.735, -81.026. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2013-09-23 23:27Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XVIII 89/13 232303Z SEP 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
The Northwestern Passages
position
68.735, -81.026
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
CANADA-NORTHEAST COAST.
FOXE BASIN.
CHART 15568
SCIENTIFIC MOORING, AT DEPTH 35 METERS,
ESTABLISHED IN 68-44.08N 081-01.56W.

Reading this warning

Chart reference
The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
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

2 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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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

50 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:10Z; 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.