Table 5 

 Iceberg Reconnaissance Sorties 



Month Sorties 



Flight Hours 



7.8 

 13.7 

 39.9 

 46.5 

 68.8 

 48.2 

 45.5 



6.5 



276.9 



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iceberg distribution throughout the entire 1 995 

 season required the use of the HC-130H 

 rather than the HU-25B. The total number of 

 flight hours decreased from 576.6 hours in 

 1994 to 439.1 in 1994. The number of sorties 

 decreased from 139 in 1994 to 106 in 1995. 

 The largest decrease was in patrol sorties, 

 which went from 70 in 1994 to 43 in 1995. 

 This decrease reflects the generally smaller 

 geographical area covered by icebergs in 

 1 995, requiring fewer flight hours to cover the 

 limits of all known ice. 



Each day during the ice season IIP pre- 

 pared and distributed ice bulletins at OOOOZ 

 and 1 200Z to warn mariners of the southwest- 

 ern, southern, and southeastern limits of ice- 

 bergs. U. S. Coast Guard Communications 

 Station Boston, Massachusetts, NMF/NIK, 

 and Canadian Coast Guard Radio Station St. 

 John's NewfoundlandA/ON were the primary 

 radio stations responsible for the dissemina- 

 tion of the ice bulletins. In addition the OOOOZ 

 and 1200Z ice bulletin and safety broadcasts 

 were delivered over the INf\/IARSAT-C 

 SafetyNet via the AOR-W satellite. Other 



transmitting stations for the bulletins included 

 METOC Halifax, Nova Scotia/CFH, Canadian 

 Coast Guard Radio Station Halifax/VCS, Ra- 

 dio Station Bracknel, UK/GFE, and U. S. Navy 

 LCMP Broadcast Stations Norfolk, Virginia/ 

 NAfVI, and Key West, Florida. 



IIP also prepared a daily facsimile chart, 

 graphically depicting the limits of all known ice, 

 for broadcast at 1600Z and 1810Z daily. In 

 addition, the facsimile chart was placed on 

 Comsat Corp's INMARSAT-A FAXMAIL Server 

 for receipt at sea. U. S. Coast Guard Com- 

 munications Station Boston/NIK assisted with 

 the transmission of these charts. Canadian 

 Coast Guard Radio Station St. John's New- 

 foundlandA/ON and U. S. Coast Guard Com- 

 munications Station Boston/NIK also provided 

 special broadcasts as required. 



As in previous years, International Ice 

 Patrol requested that all ships transiting the 

 area of the Grand Banks report ice sightings, 

 weather, and sea surface temperatures via 

 Canadian Coast Guard Radio Station St. 

 John's/VON, U, S. Coast Guard Communica- 

 tions Station Boston/NIK, or INMARSAT-C 

 code 42. Response to this request is shown 

 in Table 6. Appendix B lists all contributors. 

 IIP received relayed information from the fol- 

 lowing sources during the 1995 ice year: Ca- 

 nadian Coast Guard Marine Radio Station St. 

 John's/VON; Canadian Coast Guard Vessel 

 Traffic Centre/Ice Operations St. John's; Ice 

 Centre Ottawa; Canadian Coast Guard Ma- 

 rine Radio Station Halifax, Nova Scotia/VCS; 

 ECAREG Halifax, Nova Scotia; U. S. Coast 

 Guard Communications and Master Station 

 Atlantic, Chesapeake, Virginia; U. S. Coast 

 Guard Atlantic Area Command Center; and 

 U. S. Coast Guard Automated Merchant Ves- 

 sel Emergency Response/Operations Sys- 

 tems Center, Martinsburg, WV. Commander, 



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