Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 220001Z jan

Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 67/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-01-23 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 211831Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-21 21:15Z. 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 1116/212021-12-12 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 1118/212021-12-13 · Archived notice
  3. NAVAREA IV 1120/212021-12-14 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 1124/212021-12-15 · Archived notice
  5. NAVAREA IV 1128/212021-12-16 · Archived notice
  6. NAVAREA IV 1131/212021-12-17 · Archived notice
Compare all 42 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Labrador Sea →

issued
2022-01-21 21:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-01-23 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 211831Z JAN 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Labrador Sea
position
55.904, -50.712
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 220001Z JAN.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   52-10N 055-50W, 51-10N 051-20W,
   52-30N 049-05W, 54-25N 051-15W,
   56-00N 055-00W, 59-20N 056-55W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   59-20N 056-55W, 60-35N 052-10W,
   58-30N 047-00W, 58-30N 041-00W,
   63-10N 037-45W, 64-30N 029-00W.
4. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING:
   A. 46-53N 060-20W, 47-05N 060-15W,
      47-55N 061-25W, 47-00N 063-30W,
      48-30N 063-15W, 48-45N 061-30W,
      50-00N 058-30W, 47-30N 060-00W,
      47-28N 056-08W.
   B. 45-25N 065-24W, 45-04N 065-01W.
   C. 47-39N 052-40W, 48-07N 052-26W,
      49-30N 053-15W, 50-26N 055-11W,
      51-15N 054-06W, 52-38N 053-30W,
      54-41N 054-22W, 58-03N 057-38W,
      62-00N 058-26W, 63-24N 057-58W.
   D. 62-25N 041-27W, 62-01N 040-57W,
      59-43N 042-16W, 59-09N 044-43W,
      59-20N 045-36W, 59-31N 045-23W,
      59-45N 044-00W.
5. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   SOUTHERN LIMIT SATELLITE PASS 21 JAN 22.
6. 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.
7. FOR MORE REPORTING INFORMATION OR TO
   DOWNLOAD SHAPEFILES AND WEEKLY PREDICTIONS,
   GO TO WWW.NAVCEN.USCG.GOV/IIP.
8. CANCEL THIS MSG 230001Z JAN 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

2202 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

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 01:11Z; 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.