Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — The North Atlantic Ice Code. [ARTICLE]

The North Atlantic Ice Code.

To protect themselves against floating Ice in the north Atlantic a system of mutual warning is in use, inspired by the common danger with which ships are assailed in these latitudes. This system is the ice code and consists of questions and replies, conveyed by special signal flags. At the top of a blackboard In the wheelhouse is painted In white letters “Ice Code.” Beneath it in one steamer Is tills question and these answers: 1. Have you seen ice? * 2. Saw heavy pack ice between latitude 50 and 51 and longitude 41 and 42. 3. Saw large Iceberg or bergs between latitude 42 and 42.20 and longitude 48 and 40. 4. Saw light field lee or small Iceberg or bergs between latitude 44 and 45 and longitude 47 and 48. 5. Saw no ice so far; had clear weather. C. Saw no ice so far; had hazy weather. 7. Saw no ice so far; had thick fog. With the question asked in No. 1, and each of the replies shown in the following numbers, Is a representation of the tings, painted in colors, by which the ships signal to each other the interrogatory and answer.