Summary of Operations 



IIP actively monitored iceberg 

 danger during 2001 within the area 

 bounded by 40°N, 52°N, 39°W and 57°W 

 (Figure 1). MP's pre-season Ice 

 Reconnaissance Detachment departed on 

 27 January 2001. IIP opened the ice 

 season on 29 March 2001. Regular IRDs 

 operated from Newfoundland from early 

 March through 13 June 2001. IIP closed 

 the season on 29 June 2001 . 



HP's Operations Center in Groton, 

 Connecticut analyzed 930 information 

 reports from IRDs, merchant ships, 

 Canadian Ice Service iceberg and sea ice 

 reconnaissance flights, the National Ice 

 Center, and other sources during the ice 

 season (Figure 2). Of these reports, 238 

 contained ice information (Figure 3). 

 These ice reports contained 1,085 reported 

 targets, of which 584 individual targets 

 were merged into HP's iceBerg Analysis 



and Prediction System model (Figure 4). 



Merchant shipping provided the vast 

 majority of reports received by IIP. In 

 2001, approximately 100 ships from 31 

 different nations provided IIP with 721 

 reports or 78% of total reports (Figure 2). 

 Thiis demonstrates that the number of 

 nations using IIP services far exceeds the 

 17 member nations supporting IIP under 

 SOLAS. Furthermore, the merchant 

 industry's continued active participation 

 indicates the value placed on HP's 

 services. Appendix B lists the ships that 

 provided information reports, including ice, 

 "no ice," stationary radar targets, and sea 

 surface temperature reports. In Appendix 

 B, a single report may contain multiple 

 targets. In 2001, the merchant vessel that 

 provided the most reports was M/V Berge 

 Nord, submitting 77 separate reports. 

 Though not all of the 721 information 



Figure 1. HP's operating area. T' indicates location of TITANIC sinking. 



