North Ice

North Ice is the name of the wintering station of James Simpson (1911-2002) led the British North Greenland Expedition 1952-1954 to the apex of the Greenland ice sheet. The coordinates of the station were 78 ° 4 '0 "N, 38 ° 29 ' 0" W78.066666666667 - 38.483333333333Koordinaten: 78 ° 4 '0 "N, 38 ° 29 ' 0 " W, at an altitude of 2345 m.

At the station on 9 January 1954, the lowest ever recorded in Greenland temperature was recorded: -65.9 ° C.

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