North Ice

Short description: Research station in Greenland (1952–1954)

North Ice

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Location within Greenland

North Ice was a research station of the British North Greenland Expedition (1952 to 1954) on the inland ice of Greenland. The coordinates of the station were  [ ⚑ ] 78°04′N 38°29′W﻿ / ﻿78.067°N 38.483°W﻿ / 78.067; -38.483, at an altitude of 2,341 metres (7,680 ft) above sea level. The British North Greenland Expedition had its main base camp in Britannia Lake, Queen Louise Land.[1] It was led by Commander James Simpson RN. The station recorded a temperature of −66.1 °C (−87.0 °F) on 9 January 1954, which made it the lowest temperature ever recorded in North America up until that time. It was superseded by an observation of −69.6 °C (−93.3 °F) at the Greenland Ice Sheet on 22 December 1991.[2][3] The name of the station contrasts to the former British South Ice station in Antarctica.

[ ⚑ ]  78°04′N 38°29′W﻿ / ﻿78.067°N 38.483°W﻿ / 78.067; -38.483

## See also

* List of research stations in the Arctic
* Eismitte
* Summit Camp
* NEEM Camp

## References

1. ↑ Ice Recession in Dronning Louise Land, North-East Greenland
2. ↑ "Western Hemisphere: Lowest Temperature". Arizona State University World Meteorological Organization. 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130518042137/http://wmo.asu.edu/western-hemisphere-lowest-temperature. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. ↑ WMO verifies -69.6°C Greenland temperature as Northern hemisphere record

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