The 1999 international ice patrol season opened with the transmission of the 0000Z bulletin on 01 march 2000

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1. THE 1999 INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL SEASON OPENED WITH THE
   TRANSMISSION OF THE 0000Z BULLETIN ON 01 MARCH 2000. THE 0000Z
   AND 1200Z BULLETINS WILL BE BROADCAST OVER THE INMARSAT SAFETYNET
   (AOR-E AND AOR-W) SYSTEM. NBDP(FEC) BROADCASTS OF THE BULLETINS
   WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM COGARD CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE/NIK AT 0030Z ON
   6314, 8416.5, 12579 KHZ AND AT 1218Z ON 8416.5, 12579,
   16806.5 KHZ. NAVTEX ICE BROADCASTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM COGARD
   CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE/NIK AT 0045Z, 0445Z, 0845Z, 1245Z, 1645Z, AND
   2045Z ON 518 KHZ. RADIO FACSIMILE CHARTS WILL BE BROADCAST AT
   1600Z AND 1810Z ON 6340.5, 9110, 12750 KHZ, DRUM SPEED 120.
   BROADCAST TIMES MAY BE OBTAINED BY CALLING (860)441-2626 OR
   VIA INTERNET AT WWW.USCG.MIL/LANTAREA/IIP/IIPPRODS.HTML.
2. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN NEAR THE GRAND BANKS AS ICE MAY BE
   PRESENT. REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ANY ICE ENCOUNTERED TO
   COMINTICEPAT VIA CG COMMUNICATIONS STATION NMF, NMN,
   INMARSAT CODE 42, OR ANY CANADIAN COAST GUARD RADIO STATION.
   MAKE UNCLASSIFIED SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER REPORTS TO
   COMINTICEPAT EVERY SIX HOURS WITHIN LATITUDES 40N AND 52N AND
   LONGITUDES 39W AND 57W. ICE INFORMATION FOR CANADIAN COASTAL
   WATERS IS AVAILABLE FROM THE CANADIAN ICE SERVICE OR THE
   CANADIAN COAST GUARD.
3. INTERNET INFORMATION: WWW.USCG.MIL/LANTAREA/IIP/HOME.HTML