🔍 Key Concepts

• Icebreaker assistance procedures and standard single-letter signals • Use of single-letter signals in ice navigation to coordinate distance and movement • Difference between a ship reporting its health/status and giving maneuvering instructions

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: in an ice convoy, what kind of information or instruction would be most critical for an icebreaker to send as a single, quick signal to assisted vessels? • Think about which options describe a status report about the icebreaker itself versus a command or instruction to you as the assisted vessel. • Consider which option would be operationally useful in tight ice conditions where following distance is important.

✅ Before You Answer

• Check which choices describe a command to change your behavior versus an informational statement about the assisting vessel. • Verify that you are focusing on what an icebreaker needs to communicate to maintain safe spacing and avoid besetment in ice. • Eliminate any options that sound more like general radio or flag codes rather than something specific to an icebreaking escort situation.