Icebergs

North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 070001Z nov

Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 974/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-11-08 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 061841Z NOV 19.. Issued 2019-11-06 19:15Z. 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
Davis Strait. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Davis Strait →

issued
2019-11-06 19:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-11-08 00:01Z
authority
NAIS 061841Z NOV 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NAIS
sea
Davis Strait
position
61.688, -65.439
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 070001Z NOV.
2. ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   49-00N 053-48W, 49-00N 051-30W,
   54-00N 051-00W, 56-00N 053-00W.
3. ESTIMATED ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   56-00N 053-00W, 61-00N 059-00W,
   62-00N 054-00W, 58-00N 048-00W,
   58-00N 040-00W, 64-00N 037-00W,
   66-00N 028-00W.
4. WESTERN ICEBERG LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   51-52N 056-05W, 51-34N 055-55W.
5. SEA ICE LIMIT ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING:
   A. 59-05N 063-10W, 59-25N 063-10W,
      59-45N 063-55W.
   B. 60-25N 064-45W, 59-00N 067-35W,
      61-15N 069-15W, 62-55N 074-20W,
      62-30N 080-35W, 55-20N 080-25W,
      59-00N 093-00W, 62-45N 088-35W,
      62-40N 084-45W, 63-35N 081-15W.
   C. 63-45N 080-10W, 66-00N 082-10W,
      67-35N 079-30W, 63-55N 078-15W,
      62-25N 070-35W, 61-10N 064-30W,
      62-00N 064-20W, 66-55N 060-40W,
      68-30N 066-05W, 70-25N 066-20W,
      70-50N 068-10W, 71-25N 066-50W,
      72-10N 069-40W, 73-10N 065-45W.
6. MOST RECENT RECONNAISSANCE:
   SOUTHERN LIMIT GENERAL FLIGHT 25 OCT 19.
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 080001Z NOV 19.

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.

All warning terms →

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

157 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 08:37Z; 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.