North Ice

North Ice was a research station of the British [North Greenland Expedition] on the inland ice of Greenland. The coordinates of the station were, at an altitude of above sea level. The British North Greenland Expedition had its main base camp in Britannia Lake, Queen Louise Land. It was led by Commander James [Simpson (explorer)|James Simpson] RN. The station recorded a temperature of 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 It was superseded by an observation of at the Greenland Ice Sheet on 22 December 1991. The name of the station contrasts to the former British South Ice station in Antarctica.