Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 060001Z jan

Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 20/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-01-07 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 051902Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-05 20:20Z. 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
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 1344/222022-12-12 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 1346/222022-12-13 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 1350/222022-12-14 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 1353/222022-12-15 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 1360/222022-12-16 · Archived notice
  6. NAVAREA IV 1366/222022-12-17 · Archived notice
Compare all 213 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Labrador Sea →

issued
2023-01-05 20:20Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-01-07 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 0/23 051902Z JAN 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Labrador Sea
position
56.437, -51.726
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 060001Z JAN.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   51-06N 055-46W, 51-15N 049-30W,
   54-00N 049-00W, 58-15N 056-30W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   58-15N 056-30W, 60-25N 053-25W,
   58-55N 047-35W, 59-10N 041-25W,
   63-05N 038-10W, 64-40N 028-00W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   51-42N 056-29W, 51-27N 056-19W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING
   A. 46-07N 063-46W, 46-15N 063-40W.
   B. 46-26N 062-48W, 47-30N 064-30W,
      48-30N 063-55W, 48-45N 064-10W.
   C. 48-23N 068-45W, 49-06N 068-12W.
   D. 49-42N 067-10W, 50-10N 065-15W,
      49-05N 063-15W, 49-00N 061-30W,
      49-55N 062-05W, 50-05N 059-55W,
      51-15N 057-45W, 50-36N 057-23W.
   E. 49-26N 054-11W, 50-27N 055-34W,
      51-35N 055-05W, 53-45N 055-05W,
      55-34N 058-21W, 57-40N 060-56W,
      58-34N 061-08W, 58-48N 058-41W,
      61-04N 060-21W, 63-16N 057-54W.
   F. 62-25N 041-06W, 62-00N 040-54W,
      60-29N 041-57W, 59-50N 042-27W,
      59-40N 042-57W, 59-55N 043-35W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   EASTERN LIMIT SATELLITE PASS 05 JAN 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 070001Z JAN 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

1938 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-10-03 14:11Z; 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.