Definition
Routeing charts, ocean passage publications and ice service bulletins show mean and extreme limits of pack ice and of icebergs for each month. In the North Atlantic the International Ice Patrol broadcasts the iceberg limit and recommended track shifts during the spring and summer season. Prudent practice is to plan south of the extreme limit, since bergs and growlers drift well beyond the mean line and small ice gives a poor radar return.
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