Table 5. Iceberg and SST Reports. 



Number of ships furnishing Sea Surface Temperature (SST) reports 91 



Number of SST reports received 416 



Number of ships furnishing ice reports 256 



Number of ice reports received 505 



First Ice Bulletin 120000Z MAR87 



Last Ice Bulletin 31 1200Z JUL 87 



Number of facsimile charts transmitted 141 



The IIP prepares the ice 

 bulletin warning mariners of 

 the southwestern, southern, 

 and southeastern limits of 

 icebergs twice a day for broad- 

 cast at OOOOZ and 1200Z. The 

 IIP also prepares a facsimile 

 chart graphically depicting 

 these limits for broadcast at 

 1600Z. U.S. Coast Guard 

 Communications Station Bos- 

 ton, Massachusetts, NMF/NIK, 

 was the primary radio station 

 used for the dissemination of 

 the daily ice bulletins and 

 facsimile charts . Other 

 transmitting stations for the 

 OOOOZ and 1200Z ice bulletins 

 included Canadian Coast Guard 

 Radio Station St. John's, 

 Newfoundland/VON; Canadian 

 Forces Meteorological and 

 Oceanographic Center (METOC) 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia/CFH; and 

 U.S. Navy LCMP Broadcast 

 Stations Norfolk/NAM; 

 Thurso, Scotland; and Keflavik, 

 Iceland. 



Canadian Forces METOC, 

 Halifax/CFH, as well as AM 

 Radio Station Bracknell, United 

 Kingdom/GFE, are radiofac- 

 simile broadcasting stations 

 which used International Ice 

 Patrol limits in their broad- 

 casts. Canadian Coast Guard 

 Radio Station St. John's/ VON 

 and U.S. Coast Guard Communi- 

 cations Station Boston/NIK 

 provided special broadcasts. 



The International Ice 

 Patrol transmissions requested 

 that all ships transiting the 

 area of the Grand Banks report 

 ice sightings, weather, and sea 

 surface temperatures via the 

 above communications/radio 

 stations. Response to this 

 request is shown in Table 5, 

 and Appendix A lists all con- 

 tributors. Commander, Inter- 

 national Ice Patrol extends a 

 sincere thank you to all sta- 

 tions and ships which contrib- 

 uted. 



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