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The 2003 international ice patrol season will open with the transmission of the 0000Z bulletin on 24 mar

NAVAREA IV 112/03

issued
2003-03-22 15:10Z
status
cancelled 2003-04-05 00:00Z (archive)
authority
COMINTICEPAT 221100Z MAR 03
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. THE 2003 INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL SEASON WILL OPEN WITH THE
   TRANSMISSION OF THE 0000Z BULLETIN ON 24 MAR. THE 0000Z
   AND 1200Z BULLETINS WILL BE BROADCAST OVER THE INMARSAT
   SAFETYNET (AOR-E AND AOR-W) SYSTEM. NBDP (FEC) BROADCASTS
   OF THE BULLETINS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM COGARD CAMSLANT
   CHESAPEAKE/NIK AT 0030Z ON 6314, 8416.5, 12579 KHZ AND
   AT 1218Z ON 8416.5, 12579, 16806.5 KHZ. NAVTEX ICE BROADCASTS
   WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM COGARD CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE/NIK AT
   0045Z, 0445Z, 0845Z, 1245Z, 1645Z AND 2045Z ON 518 KHZ.
   RADIO FACSIMILE CHARTS WILL BE BROADCAST AT 1600Z AND 1810Z
   ON 6340.5, 9110, 12750 KHZ, DRUM SPEED 120. BROADCAST TIMES
   MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 860 441 2626 OR VIA INTERNET AT
   WWW.USCG.MIL/LANTAREA/IIP/IIPPRODS.HTML
2. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN NEAR THE GRAND BANKS AS ICE MAY
   BE PRESENT. REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ANY ICE ENCOUNTERED
   TO COMINTICEPAT VIA CG COMMUNICATIONS STATION NMF, NMN,
   INMARSAT CODE 42 OR ANY CANADIAN COAST GUARD RADIO STATION.
   MAKE UNCLASSIFIED SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER REPORTS
   TO COMINTICEPAT EVERY SIX HOURS WITHIN LATITUDES 40N AND 52N
   AND LONGITUDES 39W AND 57W. ICE INFORMATION FOR CANADIAN
   COASTAL WATERS IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CANADIAN ICE SERVICE
   OR THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD.
3. AN EARLIER OPENING TO THE 2003 INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL
   SEASON IS POSSIBLE BASED ON ICE PATROL RECONNAISSANCE.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 APR.

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