Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station
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The Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station 2007 (APLIS07) is a U.S. and Japanese laboratory dedicated to the study of global climate change. It is located on an ice floe about {{convert|300|km|mi}} north Prudhoe Bay (Sagavanirktok), Alaska.
It was first established in March 2011.{{cite web |title=APLIS 2011: The Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station -- Station Construction | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiOYlsQ9l9A |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wiOYlsQ9l9A |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en}}{{cbignore}} It is owned and administered by the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
In popular culture
In 2007, APLIS was used for filming scenes in the movie Stargate: Continuum, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy submarine USS Alexandria (SSN-757).{{Cite web|url=http://www.rdanderson.com/updates/arctic/arctic.htm|title=Richard Dean Anderson Website - Continuum Shooting in the Arctic|website=www.rdanderson.com|access-date=2020-01-23}}
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External links
- [http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/ International Arctic Research Center Official homepage]
Category:Meteorology research and field projects
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