ice patrol
Frozen hazard monitors
Ice patrol refers to the monitoring of icebergs and sea ice to protect maritime navigation.
The International Ice Patrol, established after the Titanic disaster, tracks North Atlantic icebergs and warns ships of danger: The ice patrol issued an advisory about bergs drifting into shipping lanes.
The term applies to similar operations in other waters.
- icebergFloating glacial fragment
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- AntarcticSouthern polar region
- Coast GuardArmed service protecting waterways
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
glacier · frozen · rescue · distress signal · maritime · frigid · Titanic · shipping · navigation · floe · cold · North Atlantic · warning · monitoring · safety · vessel · drift · frozen sea
mission purpose
ice patrolrescue mission
Operation to save someone
search and rescue · emergency response · combat mission · salvage operation