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Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position
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The Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Changed Position
While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints ...
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The Man Who Took the Prize
"And so at last we reached our destination," Amundsen wrote in his diary on December 14, 1911, "and planted our flag on the geographical South Pole, King Haakon VII's plateau. Thank God!" ...
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Run Around the South Pole for Christmas
The two-to three-mile route loops around the geographic pole exactly 90 degrees south of the equator. See scenes from the 2008 race, courtesy Mark Krasberg. Home Browse Series Live Q&A WSJ Events ...
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Quest for the Pole: Historic Antarctic Land Journeys
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Discovery 1901-1904 Sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society ... aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy ...
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First team shift planned on North Pole platform in Arctic
The expedition now is about 220 km away from the geographical pole. "The drift continues in difficult conditions. The ice dynamics nearby is very active, and the explorers have reported cracks and ...