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Greenland two persons on ice adrift in vicinity 70-29.07N 021-58.00W

Greenland Sea · NAVAREA IV 211/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-03-29 11:20Z

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) · AASIAAT RADIO 142019Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-14 23:29Z. 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: Greenland Sea. The parsed report position is 70.484, -21.967. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Greenland Sea →

issued: 2019-03-14 23:29Z
status: Archived notice
authority: AASIAAT RADIO 142019Z MAR 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: AASIAAT RADIO
sea: Greenland Sea
position: 70.484, -21.967
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GREENLAND SEA.
GREENLAND
TWO PERSONS ON ICE ADRIFT IN VICINITY
70-29.07N 021-58.00W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO AASIAAT RADIO,
E-MAIL: OYR@TELEPOST.GL.

Reading this warning

Adrift: Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

1 within 180 nm since 2019 · 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:07Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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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.