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Why a Compass Points North but Not to the Pole
A reader quiz and explainer note that a compass in the Northern Hemisphere points to the North Magnetic Pole on Boothia Peninsula, not the geographic North Pole. The pole drifts within about a 20 mile circle, requiring sailors to use nautical charts and magnetic variation to steer true directions.
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North Pole
Hemisphere
North Magnetic Pole
Boothia Peninsula
Artic Coast
North America
Sir Ames Ross
Antarctica
Australia
Arctic
Greenland