Earth’s magnetic north is not static. Like an anchorless buoy pushed by ocean waves, the magnetic field is constantly on the move as liquid iron sloshes around in the planet’s outer core.

Where is the North Pole located? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), if you think of earth as a spinning top, then the very top of the globe is where the North ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting gradually for centuries due to the movement of molten metals in the planet’s outer core. In the 1990s, magnetic north began to experience an ...

However, a glance at our ship’s positioning system proves that we are at the North Pole! Polarstern, which was launched in early 1982, has reached the northernmost point of the globe for the seventh ...

The North Pole is 90°N and the South Pole is 90°S. Image caption, The globe above shows the Northern and Southern Hemispheres divided by the Equator. The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole ...

The geographic North Pole (or “true north”) is where Earth’s axis meets its surface and is a fixed point on the globe. The magnetic north pole, where compass needles point, is about 1,200 ...

Scientists have released a new model tracking the position of the magnetic north pole, revealing that the pole is now closer to Siberia than it was five years ago and is continuing to drift toward ...