North Ice was the name of a research station of the British North Greenland Expedition

British North Greenland Expedition

British North Greenland Expedition was led by Commander James Simpson RN.North Ice was the name of a research station of the expedition, on the inland ice of Greenland.List of BNGE members, with their particulars...

 (1952 to 1954) on the inland ice of Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

. The coordinates of the station were 78°04′N 38°29′W, with an altitude of 2,345 metres above sea level

Sea level

Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...

. The British North Greenland Expedition was led by Commander James Simpson

James Simpson (explorer)

Commander Cortlandt James Woore Simpson CBE, DSC, PM, RN was a British naval officer and polar explorer. He led the British North Greenland Expedition of 1952-1954.-Naval career:...

 RN.
The station recorded the lowest temperature ever in Greenland with −66.1 °C,( -87 F ) on January 9, 1954.
The name of the station contrasts to the former British

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 South Ice

South Ice

South Ice was a British support base from the South Pole at 82°05'S, 30°00'W in Edith Ronne Land, Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year where three men overwintered during the Antarctic winter of 1957...

 station in Antarctica.