South and North poles?
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A compass would be useless at the magnetic poles.  That's because compass needs not only point north, but they also align themselves with Earth's magnetic field.  In the low latitudes, a compass needle will be more or less parallel to the surface.  Near the magnetic pole, though, the compass needle will try to point "into" the ground, following the lines of force; being incapable of that, it will no longer be useful.
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The axis of the Earth and Sun are not paralel. In some point, as the Earth moves around the Sun, the north pole is far away from the sun, and so, it gets less heat from it. This is winter. The oposite occur to the south pole (summer). The intermediate situation is called autumn and spring.
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Most people say the North Pole.
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Between the extremes of  12,400 to 12,500, depending on which north south line you traveled (the contour of the earth would create different distances).  The actual circumference of the earth through the poles has been calculated at 24,859.92 miles (less than the equatorial circumference.)
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It's the variation between the magnetic north pole and the geographic north pole.  It varies depending on your location.
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Nope.  They better not.  That would be the worst.  We still say "pole strength" because bar magnets have poles.  Monopole would mean just a north or south pole alone, which doesn't happen. Dipoles, quadrupoles, and the like are in abundance, so "pole" is still a good word.
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Uranus. Instead of having a North & South pole, it has an East & West pole.
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True north would be a line from your position to the geographic north pole.\n\nMagnetic north is a line between your position and the northern magnetic pole.  \n\nSince the northern magnetic pole does NOT coincide with the geographic north pole (IIRC, it is somewhere in northern Canada), there is a difference between those two lines.  The magnitude of that difference depends on precisely where on the earth you are standing when you take your measurement.\n\nThat's why, on all good topographic maps, they have an indicator of both magnetic north and true north, so you can apply the appropriate correction to navigate with a compass.  Of course, global positioning systems are making that problem a non-issue (if you can "see" the satellites . . .).
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They are far apart from one another!\nThey are cold! EXTREMELY COLD! brrrrrrrr \n\nThe South Pole is the southernmost point on the Earth.\nThe North Pole is the northernmost point on the Earth.\n\nThe Geographic South Pole is the one of two points where the earth's axis of rotation intersects the surface (the other being the Geographic North Pole). This is the point usually meant when an unspecified "south pole" is mentioned.\nThe Geographic North Pole, also known as True North, is close to the northern point at which the Earth's axis of rotation meets the surface. Geographic North defines latitude 90° North. In whichever direction you travel from here, you are always heading south. The pole is located in the Arctic Ocean. Classically (19th century) this pole was exactly where people believed the pole of rotation met the Earth's surface, but soon astronomers noticed a small apparent variation of latitude as determined for a fixed point on Earth by observing stars. This variation had a period of about 435 days and the periodic part of it is now called the Chandler wobble after its discoverer. It is desirable to tie the system of Earth coordinates (latitude, longitude, and elevations or orography) to fixed landforms. Of course, given continental drift and the rising and falling of land due to volcanos, erosion and so on, there is no system in which all geographic features are fixed. Yet the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service and the International Astronomical Union have defined a framework called the International Terrestrial Reference System that does an admirable job. The North pole of this system now defines geographic North and it does not quite coincide with the rotation axis. Also see polar motion.
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The south pole has a manned base and in the middle of a wide-open flat area.  The north pole is somewhere in a huge conglomerate of unstable icebergs, is constantly shifting, and has no operations base.
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The north pole of course!
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Someday it will be.  Earth reverses its magnetic poles periodically, so one day Antarctica will be to the north.
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The north pole is not on a continent.  It is in the middle of the arctic ocean which has a frozen ice cap.
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It would point towards the magnetic pole which is somewhat south of the geographical North Pole. The 2005 location of the magnetic north pole is 79.74°N and 71.78°W
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Depends where you drill. The distance from the poles is slightly different than the distance from the equators since the earth is slightly bulged at the equator.\n\nIf you were to drill straight through from the north pole to the south pole, you would travel about 7901 miles while drilling at the equator would add about 26 miles.
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The north pole is +90 degrees, or 90 degrees north; south pole is -90 degrees, or 90 degrees south.