DETAILS ABOUT THE NORTH POLE
Added on: 25th Jan 2016
IT TAKES SEVERAL THOUSAND YEARS FOR
THE POLES TO FLIP AND NO, IT WOULD
MOST ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT END HUMANITY.
VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES WOULD HAVE TO BE
ADJUSTED AND THERE WOULD POSSIBLY BE
LESS SHIELDING FROM HARMFUL SUN RAYS,
MEANING MORE SKIN CANCER. WE WOULD
HAVE PLENTY OF WARNING BEFOREHAND THOUGH
AND IN FACT, THE EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD IS
ALREADY WEAKENING WHICH IS A SIGN THAT IT MAY
GRADUALLY FLIP IN THE NEXT FEW THOUSAND YEARS.
ALSO, THE CONTINENTS WILL NOT SLAM INTO EACH
OTHER. DON’T LISTEN TO THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS.
BACK TO THE NORTH POLE, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY
KNOW THIS BUT UNLIKE THE SOUTH POLE, THERE IS
NO LAND. IT IS JUST AN OCEAN WITH ICE ON THE SURFACE
THE ICE IS SEVERAL METRES THICK IN MOST PLACES
THE NEAREST LAND IS USUALLY SAID TO BE
KAFFEKLUBBEN ISLAND OFF THE NORTH COAST OF
GREENLAND ABOUT 700KM (430 MILES) AWAY
THE NEAREST PERMANENTLY INHABITED PLACE
IS ALERT, CANADA WHICH IS ABOUT 800 KM (500 MILES)
FROM THE POLE
IF YOU ARE STANDING EXACTLY ON THE GEOGRAPHIC
NORTH POLE THEN NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU
MOVE, YOU’LL BE HEADING SOUTH
30% OF THE WORLD’S OIL RESERVES ARE IN THE
VICINITY OF THE NORTH POLE
ANTARCTICA, ALONG WITH THE SOUTH POLE, IS
SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY
THE HIGHEST CONTINENT. THE NORTH POLE SITS
ON ICE JUST ABOVE SEA LEVEL SO IT ABSORBS THE
WARMTH OF THE OCEAN. IT’S STILL PRETTY COLD
THOUGH AND TEMPERATURES IN SUMMER HOVER
RIGHT AROUND FREEZING.
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