Survey operation in progress until 31 oct by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 7500 meter long cables in area…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 254/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-09-08 13:13Z
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 XX 127/17 071729Z SEP 17.. Issued 2017-09-07 19:20Z. 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
- Barentsz Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Survey operations in progress until 15 sep by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 8000 meter long cables in area…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROARC 254/17 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2017-09-07 19:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 127/17 071729Z SEP 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 77.097, 39.383
- vessel
- M/V BGP PROSPECTOR · 75 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BARENTS SEA. RUSSIA. DNC 22. 1. SURVEY OPERATION IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 OCT BY M/V BGP PROSPECTOR TOWING TEN 7500 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUNDED BY 77-12.7N 038-22.3E, 77-25.3N 039-14.7E, 77-09.6N 040-28.5E, 76-59.8N 040-26.0E, 76-46.5N 039-30.2E, 77-01.4N 038-18.9E. SIX BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROARC 182/17. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 NOV 17.
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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
10 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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.
- Survey operations in progress until 07 dec by M/V academic lazarev towing 8100 meter long cable in area…2023-10-27
- Underwater operations in progress until 01 nov by vessel yauza in area bound by 80-19.18N 045-21.73E,…2023-10-08
- Survey operations 29 sep thru 01 nov by M/V academic lazarev towing 8100 meter cable in area bound by…2023-09-28
- Scientific mooring, at depth 15 meters, established until further notice in 74-45.96N 044-55.44E2022-08-01
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V akvamarin in area bound by 75-04.4N 046-56.0E,…2022-05-20
- Survey operations in progress until 31 oct by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 8000 meter long cables in area…2017-09-11
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 08:27Z; 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.