🔬 North Ice

Greenland · Americas · 78.07°N, 38.48°W

Quick facts

Country	Greenland
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	78.07°N, 38.48°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	8,690 km north of it
Solar time	UTC-2:30 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today	The sun does not rise here today — polar night at 78.1° latitude.

North Ice is located in Greenland, in Americas.

Closest research stations

Brønlundhus — 480 km away
Station Nord, Greenland — 575 km away
Summit Station (Greenland) — 610 km away
Zackenberg Station — 615 km away
Alert, Nunavut — 656 km away, in Canada

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More research stations in Greenland

Brønlundhus · Sermilik Station · Sondrestrom Upper Atmospheric Research Facility · Station Nord, Greenland · Summit Station (Greenland) · Zackenberg Station.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

Research Stations — tukuk.org/research-stations

🔬 All research stations

Profiles of research stations — where each field science base stands, which country runs it, and a plain-English introduction.

🌍 Africa research stations

1 research stations across Africa.

🌍 Americas research stations

44 research stations across Americas.

🌍 Antarctica research stations

3 research stations across Antarctica.

🌍 Asia research stations

5 research stations across Asia.

🌍 Europe research stations

22 research stations across Europe.

🌍 Oceania research stations

5 research stations across Oceania.