The device, compass needle always points toward the magnetic North Pole, which is near at Bathurst Island in northern Canada - over 930 miles from the geographic North Pole.
This Magnetic North Pole was discovered by James Clark Toss in 1831 off the Boothia Peninsula in northern Canada. The location of the pole is mainly controlled by movements inside the earth which make our planet into a giant market. Over very long periods of time, the earth's magnetic field can reverse, moving magnetic north to Antarctica. This has happened 30 times in the last five million years.
This Magnetic North Pole was discovered by James Clark Toss in 1831 off the Boothia Peninsula in northern Canada. The location of the pole is mainly controlled by movements inside the earth which make our planet into a giant market. Over very long periods of time, the earth's magnetic field can reverse, moving magnetic north to Antarctica. This has happened 30 times in the last five million years.
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