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Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 278/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-11-23 13:40Z

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 95/13 20 NOV 13.. Issued 2013-11-20 11:01Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Arctic Ocean →

issued: 2013-11-20 11:01Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-11-23 13:40Z
authority: NAVAREA XVII 95/13 20 NOV 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XVII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Arctic Ocean
position: 83.097, -166.207
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
SPACE DEBRIS.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1200Z TO 1240Z DAILY
   22 AND 23 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   83-34.35N 167-58.35W, 83-30.30N 163-28.40W,
   83-01.25N 162-00.40W, 82-37.10N 164-40.10W,
   82-40.50N 168-40.40W, 83-08.10N 170-27.50W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231340Z NOV 13.

Reading this warning

Space debris: An area where parts of a spacecraft or rocket stage are expected to come down at sea, from a launch or a planned re-entry.
Hazardous operations: NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards

1 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

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

4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:38Z; source collection times vary.

Missiles

Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →

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.