Surveys

Scientific moorings established: a. BC1 in 71-03.12N 159-32.54W

Arctic Ocean · HYDROARC 3/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-05-21 08:23Z

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) · USCGC HEALY 14, 17, 22 SEP 03. Issued 2004-01-08 07:20Z. 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: Arctic Ocean. The parsed report position is 72.170, -164.676. 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: 2004-01-08 07:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: USCGC HEALY 14, 17, 22 SEP 03
issued by: USCGC HEALY
sea: Arctic Ocean
position: 72.170, -164.676
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SCIENTIFIC MOORINGS ESTABLISHED:
A. BC1 IN 71-03.12N 159-32.54W.
B. CS1 IN 73-20.33N 166-03.55W.
C. CS2 IN 73-36.66N 166-02.55W.
D. CC1 IN 70-40.63N 167-03.50W.

Reading this warning

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

47 within 180 nm since 2004 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 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

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:54Z; 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.