North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 020001Z nov
Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 1059/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-03 00:01Z
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) · NAIS 011836Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-01 19:18Z. 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
- Davis Strait. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA IV 1040/202020-10-27 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1045/202020-10-29 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1050/202020-10-30 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1057/202020-10-31 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1059/20 · this notice2020-11-01 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1061/202020-11-02 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-11-01 19:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-11-03 00:01Z
- authority
- NAIS 011836Z NOV 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- NAIS
- sea
- Davis Strait
- position
- 61.230, -51.009
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. NORTH AMERICAN ICE SERVICE (NAIS)
ICEBERG BULLETIN 020001Z NOV.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
50-39N 056-08W, 50-45N 054-00W,
52-30N 049-30W, 55-00N 050-00W,
56-00N 051-00W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
TRACKLINE JOINING
56-00N 051-00W, 61-00N 059-00W,
62-00N 054-00W, 58-00N 048-00W,
58-00N 040-00W, 64-00N 037-00W,
66-00N 028-00W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
JOINING
51-34N 056-44W, 51-23N 056-32W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
JOINING:
A. 61-55N 066-35W, 61-35N 065-30W.
B. 61-35N 064-40W, 66-45N 058-45W,
68-45N 064-45W, 70-30N 064-15W,
73-30N 067-00W.
C. 62-19N 042-13W, 61-56N 041-56W,
61-43N 041-58W, 61-04N 042-32W,
60-55N 042-27W, 60-54N 042-31W,
61-05N 042-40W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
SOUTHERN LIMIT ICEBERG FLIGHT 22 OCT 20.
7. REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ANY ICEBERGS
SEA ICE OR STATIONARY RADAR TARGETS THAT
MAY LIKELY BE ICE TO THE NEAREST CANADIAN
COAST GUARD MARINE COMMUNICATIONS AND
TRAFFIC SERVICE STATION OR
USING INMARSAT CODE 42.
8. FOR MORE REPORTING INFORMATION OR TO
DOWNLOAD SHAPEFILES AND WEEKLY PREDICTIONS,
GO TO WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/IIP.
9. CANCEL THIS MSG 030001Z NOV 20.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · iceberg & sea-ice bulletins
551 within 180 nm since 2010 · 10 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.
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 010001Z oct2026-09-30
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 300001Z sep2026-09-29
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 290001Z sep2026-09-28
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 090001Z sep2026-09-08
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 080001Z sep2026-09-07
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 210001Z aug2026-08-20
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 2026-10-02 19:57Z; 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.