minute after 1600Z and 1810Z, the 

 scheduled start times. The primary cause 

 of late transmissions was difficulty getting 

 the signal from IIP through the line to 

 CAMSLANT. In all cases of late 

 transmission, the entire chart was still 

 visible to the mariner; however, due to the 

 late start, a part of the header was cut off. 



As in previous years, International 

 Ice Patrol requested that all ships transiting 

 the Grand Banks report ice sightings, 

 weather, and sea surface temperatures via 

 Canadian Coast Guard Radio Station 

 St. John'sA/ON, U. S. Coast Guard 

 Communications Area Master Station 

 Atlantic/NMF or INMARSAT-C or 

 INMARSAT-A using code 42. Ships are 

 encouraged to make ice reports even if "no 

 ice" is sighted. Knowledge of where ice is 

 not found is also very important to IIP. IIP 

 tabulated the number of SST reports 

 received during the 2001 ice season in 

 Table 2. 



Table 2. Iceberg and SST reports. 



