Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 090001Z may

Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 518/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-10 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 0/24 081958Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-08 20:15Z. 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 430/242024-04-15 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 432/242024-04-16 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 438/242024-04-17 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 443/242024-04-18 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 450/242024-04-19 · Archived notice
  6. NAVAREA IV 452/242024-04-20 · Archived notice
Compare all 25 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Labrador Sea →

issued
2024-05-08 20:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-05-10 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 0/24 081958Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Labrador Sea
position
57.505, -47.154
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 MAY.
2. WARNING! THE INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL
   IS EXPERIENCING REDUCED ICEBERG
   RECONNAISSANCE. ALL ICEBERG LIMITS
   REPORTED BELOW ARE ESTIMATED.
   PLEASE NAVIGATE WITH CAUTION.
3. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   47-08N 052-55W, 48-05N 050-25W,
   49-10N 048-25W, 54-15N 047-50W,
   57-40N 052-10W.
4. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   57-40N 052-10W, 58-10N 049-00W,
   57-35N 042-45W, 62-25N 038-35W,
   65-00N 027-30W.
5. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   50-13N 060-55W, 48-58N 058-24W.
6. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING:
   A. 51-55N 055-58W, 52-44N 054-11W,
      54-04N 052-55W, 55-13N 053-56W,
      56-47N 057-46W, 61-05N 059-40W,
      62-00N 058-54W, 63-14N 057-53W.
   B. 62-25N 040-04W, 59-54N 042-05W,
      58-38N 043-57W, 58-58N 046-12W,
      60-17N 047-49W, 60-43N 047-08W.
7. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   INTERIOR SATELLITE PASS 07 MAY 24.
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. FOR MORE REPORTING INFORMATION OR TO
   DOWNLOAD SHAPEFILES AND WEEKLY PREDICTIONS,
   GO TO WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/IIP.
10. CANCEL THIS MSG 100001Z MAY 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.

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

2196 within 180 nm since 2000 · 23 in the last 12 months · 1 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 iceberg & sea-ice bulletins listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:20Z; 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.