North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 090001Z jan
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 15/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-01-10 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 081910Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-08 19:14Z. 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.
- issued
- 2019-01-08 19:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-01-10 00:01Z
- authority
- NAIS 081910Z JAN 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- NAIS
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 52.890, -56.620
- 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 090001Z JAN.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
51-00N 055-50W, 53-00N 051-00W, 55-00N 052-00W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
55N 052W, 57N 055W, 57N 037W,
64N 036W, 66N 028W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
51-45N 056-30W AND 51-25N 056-15W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE:
A. BETWEEN 45-25N 065-20W AND 45-05N 065-00W.
B. JOINING 46-35N 061-00W, 47-45N 061-00W,
47-50N 063-10W, 48-50N 062-50W,
48-40N 061-20W, 50-15N 058-00W,
48-25N 059-35W, 48-00N 059-05W.
C. BETWEEN 47-40N 056-20W AND 47-30N 056-05W.
D. JOINING 48-40N 053-05W, 49-25N 052-45W,
50-25N 055-45W, 52-05N 054-30W, 54-40N 055-00W,
58-00N 058-00W, 60-50N 059-30W, 63-20N 057-55W.
E. JOINING 62-30N 041-52W, 61-57N 041-31W,
61-51N 042-11W.
6. NOTE THE SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THE ICEBERG LIMIT SINCE
080001Z JAN BULLETIN DUE TO RECENT SIGHTING.
7. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
SOUTHERN LIMIT ICEBERG FLIGHT 05 JAN 19.
8. 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.
9. CANCEL THIS MSG 100001Z JAN 19.
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
857 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
- Iceberg reported in 50-51.6N 057-58.8W2022-04-08
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 120001Z sep2021-09-11
- Icebergs reported at 171409Z apr in: a. 51-10.5N 057-24.7W2021-04-17
- Iceberg sighted in 51-15.8N 055-16.2W2017-09-30
- 110001Z feb iceberg limit along trackline joining 47-00N 053-00W, 44-30N 049-15W, 44-30N 047-15W, 47-15N…2016-02-10
- 100001Z feb iceberg limit along trackline joining 47-00N 053-00W, 44-45N 048-45W, 44-45N 047-15W, 47-45N…2016-02-09
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 12:28Z; 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.