Surveys

Scientific moorings established in: a. 71-47.78N 155-20.81W, top float 15 meters

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 271/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-10-25 06:42Z

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 XVII 72/22 111047Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-11 10:54Z. 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 Ocean. The parsed report position is 71.919, -155.228. 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 Arctic Ocean →

issued
2022-09-11 10:54Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XVII 72/22 111047Z SEP 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XVII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arctic Ocean
position
71.919, -155.228
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BEAUFORT SEA.
ALASKA.
DNC 27.
1. SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED IN:
   A. 71-47.78N 155-20.81W, TOP FLOAT 15 METERS.
   B. 71-44.07N 155-09.83W, TOP FLOAT 20 METERS.
   C. 71-40.38N 154-59.98W, TOP FLOAT 19 METERS.
   D. 72-28.37N 155-24.17W, TOP FLOAT 50 METERS.
2. CANCEL HYDROARC 258/22.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

61 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:13Z; 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.