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O 131902Z AUG 97
FM COMINTICEPAT GROTON CT
TO AIG EIGHT NINE ONE SIX
COMSAT SAFETYNET
     950 L ENFANT PLAZA
     WASHINGTON DC 20024
COGARD CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE VA
COGARD COMMSTA NEW ORLEANS LA
RHWWAWA/ADWS OFFUTT AFB NE
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UNCLAS //N16170//
SUBJ: INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL (IIP) BULLETIN
SECURITE
CCODE/1:31:04:01:00/AOW/IIP/CCODE
1. 14 AUG 97 0000 UTC INTERNATIONAL ICE PATROL (IIP) BULLETIN.
REPORT POSITION AND TIME OF ALL ICE SIGHTED TO COMINTICEPAT VIA CG
COMMUNICATIONS STATION NMF, NMN, INMARSAT CODE 42, AND ANY CANADIAN
COAST GUARD RADIO STATION.  ALL SHIPS ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE
UNCLASSIFIED SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER REPORTS TO
COMINTICEPAT EVERY SIX HOURS WHEN WITHIN THE LATITUDES OF 40N AND
52N AND LONGITUDES 39W AND 57W.  IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO MAKE THESE
REPORTS IF A ROUTINE WEATHER REPORT IS MADE TO METEO WASHINGTON DC.
ALL MARINERS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRANSITING
NEAR THE GRAND BANKS SINCE ICE MAY BE IN THE AREA.  THIS BULLETIN
IS ALSO LOCATED ON OUR WWW SITE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
WWW.RDC.USCG.MIL/IIPPAGES/IIPPRODS.HTML
2. THE ICEBERG, GROWLER, AND RADAR TARGET POSITIONS ARE BASED ON
ESTIMATED DRIFT. DATE OF SIGHTING IS IN PARENTHESES FOLLOWING THE
POSITION. ALL DATES ARE JULY UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
3. ESTIMATED LIMIT OF ALL KNOWN ICE:  FROM THE NEWFOUNDLAND COAST
NEAR 4810N 5255W TO 4900N 4945W TO 5000N 4800W TO 5200N 4730W TO 
5800N 5700W THEN EASTWARD.
THE ICEBERG LIMIT NORTH OF 52N IS OBTAINED FROM CANADIAN
ICE SERVICE, OTTAWA CANADA.
4. NO SEA ICE SOUTH OF 52N.
5. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MOST BERGS ESTIMATED AT:  5023N 4906W(28), 
5043N 4946W(28), 5040N 4942W(28), 4935N 4959W(28), 4842N 5307W(28), 
5045N 4914W(31), 5137N 5230W(31), 5113N 4928W(09AUG), 
5120N 4916W(09AUG). 
6. THERE ARE MANY ICEBERGS AND GROWLERS NORTH OF 4900N AND WEST
OF 5300W WITHIN THE LIMIT OF ALL KNOWN ICE.
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