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NORTH POLE FACTS

Added on: 25th Nov 2015

 

UNLIKE THE SOUTH POLE, THERE ARE ACTUALLY

2 NORTH POLES (THAT ARE COMMONLY REFERENCED

AND USED)

Unlike the South Pole, there are actually 2 North Poles

 

 

ONE IS THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE, WHICH CONSTANTLY

SHIFTS DEPENDING ON CHANGES DEEP WITHIN THE

EARTH. THIS IS WHAT YOUR COMPASS POINTS TO

One is the North Magnetic Pole, which constantly shifts depending on changes deep within the Earth. This is what your compass points to

 

 

LATELY, THIS HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE NEAR

ELLESMERE ISLAND IN CANADA.

Lately, this has been somewhere near Ellesmere Island in Canada.

 

 

IT IS GRADUALLY MOVING TOWARDS RUSSIA AT A RATE

OF ROUGHLY 55KM (34 MILES) PER YEAR

It is gradually moving towards Russia at a rate of roughly 55km (34 miles) per year

 

 

THE OTHER POLE IS THE GEOGRAPHIC NORTH POLE

WHICH IS TECHNICALLY DEFINED AS THE POINT WHERE

THE AXIS OF THE EARTH’S ROTATION INTERSECTS THE

EARTH’S SURFACE. IN OTHER WORDS IT IS THE FIXED POINT

THAT REFERENCES THE TOP OF THE WORLD.

The other pole is the Geographic North Pole which is technically defined as the point where the axis of the Earth’s rotation intersects the Earth’s surface. In other words it is the fixed point that references the top of the world.

 

 

 

THE TRUTH IS, HOWEVER, THAT NOT EVEN THIS IS FIXED.

THE EARTH WOBBLES SLIGHTLY SO EVEN THE PRECISE

GEOGRAPHIC NORTH POLE SHIFTS A BIT

The truth is, however, that not even this is fixed. The Earth wobbles slightly so even the precise geographic North Pole shifts a bit

 

 

TO COMPLICATE THINGS FURTHER THERE IS ACTUALLY

A THIRD NORTH POLE CALLED THE GEOMAGNETIC NORTH

POLE WHICH IS BASICALLY THE AVERAGE LOCATION OF

THE MAGNETIC NORTH POLE.

To complicate things further there is actually a third North Pole called the Geomagnetic North Pole which is basically the average location of the Magnetic North Pole.

 

 

EVERY NOW AND THEN THE MAGNETIC POLES FLIP

Every now and then the magnetic poles flip

 

 

THE LAST TIME THEY FLIPPED WAS 780,000 YEARS AGO

The last time they flipped was 780,000 years ago

 


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