Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 100001Z feb

Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 150/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-11 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 0/24 091900Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-09 19:38Z. 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.

  1. NAVAREA IV 85/242024-01-27 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 87/242024-01-28 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 94/242024-01-29 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 99/242024-01-30 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 106/242024-01-31 · Archived notice
  6. NAVAREA IV 112/242024-02-01 · Archived notice
Compare all 78 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Labrador Sea →

issued
2024-02-09 19:38Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-02-11 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 0/24 091900Z FEB 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Labrador Sea
position
56.148, -49.289
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 100001Z FEB.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   48-36N 053-04W, 49-50N 048-10W,
   52-00N 048-00W, 53-35N 048-55W,
   58-15N 057-30W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   58-15N 057-30W, 61-00N 055-00W,
   58-35N 047-35W, 57-15N 040-05W,
   58-35N 034-45W, 60-55N 036-30W,
   61-20N 039-35W, 64-05N 036-00W,
   65-00N 027-30W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   50-48N 059-01W, 50-32N 057-20W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING:
   A. 45-29N 065-11W, 45-10N 064-46W.
   B. 45-58N 059-48W, 46-18N 059-39W,
      47-57N 061-16W, 46-46N 063-32W,
      48-12N 063-51W, 48-48N 061-36W,
      50-03N 058-16W, 48-16N 059-42W,
      47-28N 059-22W, 47-28N 056-08W.
   C. 48-39N 053-02W, 48-56N 052-33W,
      50-10N 054-23W, 53-17N 051-59W,
      55-01N 052-31W, 56-26N 056-38W,
      58-03N 057-48W, 61-10N 058-55W,
      62-00N 058-31W, 62-44N 057-39W.
   D. 62-25N 040-28W, 59-52N 042-29W,
      59-19N 043-54W, 60-17N 048-10W,
      60-32N 046-05W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   INTERIOR SATELLITE PASS 08 FEB 24.
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 110001Z FEB 24.

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.

All warning terms →

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

2320 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

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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 17:49Z; 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.