Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 050001Z nov

Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 1285/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-06 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 0/23 041901Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-04 19:20Z. 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: 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Davis Strait →

issued: 2023-11-04 19:20Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-11-06 00:01Z
authority: NAIS 0/23 041901Z NOV 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: NAIS
sea: Davis Strait
position: 60.584, -50.470
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 050001Z NOV.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   51-00N 055-59W, 50-45N 052-30W,
   52-30N 049-30W, 53-30N 049-15W,
   58-30N 057-00W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   58-30N 057-00W, 60-25N 053-05W,
   58-45N 047-35W, 58-00N 042-15W,
   58-55N 039-30W, 62-30N 038-15W,
   65-10N 027-40W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   51-26N 056-57W, 51-19N 056-42W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING
   61-59N 066-00W, 62-10N 063-56W,
   64-24N 063-00W, 66-33N 060-07W,
   68-48N 065-37W, 70-53N 061-42W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   SOUTHERN LIMIT SATELLITE PASS 03 NOV 23.
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 060001Z NOV 23.

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.

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

842 within 180 nm since 2010 · 24 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

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 11:34Z; 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.