Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 180001Z jun

Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 568/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-06-19 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 0/22 171901Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-17 20:14Z. 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 472/222022-05-17 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 474/222022-05-18 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 480/222022-05-19 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 489/222022-05-20 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 493/222022-05-21 · Archived notice
  6. NAVAREA IV 494/222022-05-22 · Archived notice
Compare all 99 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Labrador Sea →

issued
2022-06-17 20:14Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-06-19 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 0/22 171901Z JUN 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Labrador Sea
position
56.956, -48.065
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 180001Z JUN.
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
   46-49N 053-04W, 46-40N 051-00W,
   49-30N 046-50W, 52-35N 048-25W,
   57-05N 052-15W.
4. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   57-05N 052-15W, 55-45N 047-05W,
   58-00N 041-45W, 60-30N 037-55W,
   63-25N 037-55W, 65-05N 030-30W.
5. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   50-17N 060-38W, 48-54N 058-14W.
6. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING:
   A. 53-47N 056-28W, 54-36N 055-45W,
      56-42N 059-28W, 58-03N 058-07W,
      61-18N 060-32W, 63-54N 057-55W.
   B. 62-25N 041-47W, 61-35N 041-44W,
      59-55N 042-38W, 59-20N 043-33W,
      59-39N 044-39W, 59-53N 044-26W.
7. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   SOUTHEASTERN LIMIT ICEBERG FLIGHT 16 JUN 22.
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 190001Z JUN 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.

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

2525 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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

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 23:28Z; 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.