Summary of Operations 



The 2000 ice year (1 October 1999 

 to 30 September 2000) marked the 86'" 

 anniversary of the International Ice Patrol 

 which was officially established on 7 

 February 1914. Lines along 40'N, 52 N, 

 39"W and 57°W enclose MP's operating 

 area (Figure 1). 



HP's first Ice Reconnaissance 

 Detachment of the year departed on 23 

 January 2000. IIP opened the 2000 

 iceberg season on 1 March 2000 and IRDs 

 operated from Newfoundland every other 

 week through 17 July 2000. IIP closed the 

 season on 9 August 2000 and the post- 

 season IRD concluded on 21 August 2000. 



HP's Operations Center in Groton, 

 Connecticut analyzed 1,852 information 

 reports from IRDs, merchant ships, 

 Canadian Ice Service iceberg and sea ice 



reconnaissance flights, and other sources 

 (Figure 2). Of these reports, 749 contained 

 ice information (Figure 3). These ice 

 reports contained 7,903 reported targets, 

 of which 2,632 individual targets were 

 merged into HP's iceBerg Analysis and 

 Prediction System model (Figure 4). 



Merchant shipping continued to 

 provide the majority of reports received by 

 IIP. In 2000, 256 ships from 48 different 

 nations provided IIP with 1,445 reports or 

 78% of total reports (Figure 2). This 

 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, 



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



