Unusually large ice floes reported within 115 miles of 77-42.7N 178-19.3E on 17 aug
Arctic Ocean · HYDROPAC 1572/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-08-24 00:00Z
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) · NOAA/NATIONAL ICE CENTER 17 AUG 06.. Issued 2006-08-18 01:05Z. 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 77.712, 178.322 with a 115.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2006-08-18 01:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NOAA/NATIONAL ICE CENTER 17 AUG 06.
- issued by
- NOAA/NATIONAL ICE CENTER
- sea
- Arctic Ocean
- position
- 77.712, 178.322 · r 115.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNUSUALLY LARGE ICE FLOES REPORTED WITHIN 115 MILES OF 77-42.7N 178-19.3E ON 17 AUG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 AUG.
Reading this warning
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
1 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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
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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
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:35Z; source collection times vary.
Other
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