North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 210001Z may
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 489/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-05-22 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) · IIP 0/22 201901Z MAY 22.. Issued 2022-05-20 20:19Z. 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 472/222022-05-17 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 474/222022-05-18 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 480/222022-05-19 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 489/22 · this notice2022-05-20 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 493/222022-05-21 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 494/222022-05-22 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2022-05-20 20:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-05-22 00:01Z
- authority
- IIP 0/22 201901Z MAY 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 56.053, -47.688
- 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 210001Z MAY.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
46-50N 054-05W, 46-20N 053-00W,
46-20N 048-25W, 48-00N 047-45W,
51-00N 047-35W, 57-15N 050-40W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
TRACKLINE JOINING
57-15N 050-40W, 56-50N 047-50W,
57-05N 044-15W, 58-20N 040-50W,
62-45N 037-30W, 64-50N 030-10W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
JOINING
50-14N 061-37W, 47-55N 059-15W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
JOINING:
A. 51-24N 057-47W, 50-45N 057-13W.
B. 50-50N 055-59W, 50-57N 053-30W,
55-06N 053-38W, 58-03N 058-15W,
61-08N 057-31W.
C. 62-20N 041-27W, 62-03N 041-16W,
59-47N 042-54W, 59-11N 044-10W,
59-10N 045-11W, 60-12N 048-58W,
60-35N 046-44W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
EASTERN LIMIT ICEBERG FLIGHT 19 MAY 22.
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 220001Z MAY 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
2314 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 020001Z oct2024-10-01
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 200001Z jun2024-06-19
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 100001Z may2024-05-09
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 090001Z may2024-05-08
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 080001Z may2024-05-07
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 070001Z may2024-05-06
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
4 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:06Z; 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.