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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 22:22
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Does the North Pole even exist anymore? As far as I can see, it isn't listed on any maps and I cant see and snowy land masses where you would think it to be.

Anyone like to shed some light on this?

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Crit
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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 22:31
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Hmm. Looking at google maps, the magnetic north pole is about 250 miles away from land.
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soapyfish
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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 22:34 Edited at: 19th Jul 2007 22:37
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Quote: "The North Pole is about 450 miles (725 km) north of Greenland in the middle of the Arctic Ocean - the sea there has a depth of 13,410 feet (4087 meters). Most of the time, sea ice covers the North Pole but recently, water has been sighted at the exact location of the pole."


Quoted from http://geography.about.com/od/learnabouttheearth/a/northpole.htm.

There's a difference between the geographic north pole and the magnetic north pole. The position of the magnetic pole is constantly changing iirc.

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 22:35
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Google will tell you where it is, but it wont show up...

I think Santa may have over done it with his toy factories.

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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 22:44
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Quote: "The position of the magnetic pole is constantly changing iirc."


Yes, and it actually goes so far as flipping north/south every 200,000 years or so.
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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 22:49
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Quote: "There's a difference between the geographic north pole and the magnetic north pole. The position of the magnetic pole is constantly changing iirc."

yep

Quote: "Yes, and it actually goes so far as flipping north/south every 200,000 years or so."

yep

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soapyfish
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Posted: 19th Jul 2007 23:09
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Woo I got it right. If my geology teacher could see me now she might not be quite so ashamed of how little I seemed to learn.

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