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Kara Sea · HYDROARC 78/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-05-14 20:00Z

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 52/15 111730Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-11 19:34Z. 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: Kara Sea. The parsed report position is 76.952, 70.255. 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 Kara Sea →

issued: 2015-05-11 19:34Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2015-05-14 20:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XX 52/15 111730Z MAY 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Kara Sea
position: 76.952, 70.255
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARCTIC.
KARA SEA.
DNC 22.
ICE.
1. ICEBERGS REPORTED AT 110500Z MAY:
   A. 76-33.3N 070-20.0E.
   B. 76-40.0N 071-00.0E.
   C. 76-44.6N 070-39.3E.
   D. 76-49.8N 070-36.0E.
   E. 76-51.4N 070-49.0E.
   F. 76-57.8N 070-43.1E.
   G. 77-07.0N 070-08.5E.
   H. 77-10.4N 069-40.6E.
   I. 77-10.0N 070-02.4E.
   J. 77-15.3N 069-16.7E.
   K. 77-08.4N 069-32.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 142000Z MAY 15.

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.
Icebergs and ice limits: Icebergs, smaller pieces of glacier ice and the published limit of known ice.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins

61 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.

Iceberg reported in vicinity 77-00.70N 062-06.90E at 032156Z may2024-05-04
Iceberg fragments reported in 77-16.30N 069-04.00E at 011110Z apr2024-04-01
Iceberg fragments reported in 76-53.10N 070-28.00E at 010915Z apr2024-04-01
Iceberg reported in 76-22.90N 070-19.30E at 150750Z mar2024-03-15
Icebergs sighted at 051815Z jun in: a. 75-44.80N 065-41.30E2023-06-06
Iceberg reported in vicinity a. 77-00.50N 071-44.00E2023-04-17

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 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:45Z; source collection times vary.

Icebergs

Iceberg limits and reported bergs — mostly the North American Ice Service (International Ice Patrol) bulletins in the North Atlantic. All current iceberg & sea-ice bulletins →

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.