North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 180001Z dec
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 1366/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-12-19 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 0/22 171901Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-17 19:16Z. 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
- Labrador Sea. 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 1344/222022-12-12 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1346/222022-12-13 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1350/222022-12-14 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1353/222022-12-15 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1360/222022-12-16 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 1366/22 · this notice2022-12-17 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-12-17 19:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-12-19 00:01Z
- authority
- NAIS 0/22 171901Z DEC 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- NAIS
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 57.786, -50.949
- 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 180001Z DEC.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
52-40N 055-50W, 52-45N 054-45W,
54-15N 051-45W, 55-15N 051-45W,
58-15N 054-45W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
TRACKLINE JOINING
58-15N 054-45W, 59-35N 051-30W,
57-40N 044-40W, 58-55N 041-15W,
63-30N 038-15W, 65-25N 027-10W.
4. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
JOINING
A. 46-59N 064-49W, 47-52N 064-24W,
48-05N 064-25W, 48-06N 065-04W.
B. 48-24N 068-39W, 48-41N 068-58W,
49-13N 067-23W, 49-49N 066-50W,
50-15N 065-50W.
C. 50-13N 062-05W, 50-01N 061-56W,
50-09N 059-36W, 51-15N 058-13W.
D. 53-16N 055-47W, 53-30N 055-40W,
54-45N 057-15W, 56-00N 060-15W,
58-38N 062-02W, 58-26N 061-03W,
58-55N 059-02W, 61-20N 060-42W,
63-08N 057-50W.
5. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
INTERIOR SATELLITE PASS 17 DEC 22.
6. 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.
7. FOR MORE REPORTING INFORMATION OR TO
DOWNLOAD SHAPEFILES AND WEEKLY PREDICTIONS,
GO TO WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/IIP.
8. CANCEL THIS MSG 190001Z DEC 22.
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
2090 within 180 nm since 2010 · 15 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.
- 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 280001Z sep2026-09-27
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 250001Z sep2026-09-24
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 240001Z sep2026-09-23
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 2026-10-02 10:42Z; source collection times vary.
Icebergs
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