Well, at the Amunsden-Scott Station at the geographic south pole, your magnetic compass will point north, as the south magnetic pole is several thousands of km north of the spin pole. It lies well off the coast of Antarctica, which may be (very) roughly considered to be at 67.5oS.
It is moving at a good clip in a northerly direction, as the molten rock masses in the interior of the Earth (which create the magnetic field) change shape and position.
If you sailed near the south pole, what direction would your compass point? Even as far south as Antarctica-the continent that surrounds the south pole-compasses point to magnetic north. But at the magnetic south pole itself, a compass might spin freely. Or the needle might be so out of balance that it wouldn't even spin-it might get stuck up against the top of the case. The same thing would probably happen at the magnetic north pole, because, at the poles, a compass needle wants to point in a very specific direction-not north or south, but straight up and down-orienting itself along magnetic lines of force. The exact locations of the north and south magnetic pole move continually. The pole can move-hour-to-hour and day-to-day-by hundreds of meters. There are also larger, gradual changes in the Earth's magnetic field -Ã so you can't accurately correct compass headings or bearings using hundred-year-old navigation charts. Scientists have spent decades recording these variations-but as to why it happens. . . well, that question still hasn't been answered in detail. Written by NEW! Find related content with Sphere send-to-friend
No. The pull of the Magnetic South Pole will compromise your way-finding if you depend on a magnetic compass.
Best practices dictate that you set your watch to sun time, and navigate using the sun.
No. It points south toward the magnetic pole which is slowly wandering around Canada. In 2005 it was located at 82.7 N, 114.4 W.
It depends on how good the compass is. I'd say it doesn't work.
Yes, because the needle only pulls towards the North pole and not the south. I bet it would get confused if you were standing ON the south poe, though.
You turn into a flaming turkey, then your compass comes alive and eats you.
The 24 satellites that are used for global GPS navigation are positioned so, that the GPS system is equally effective from every spot on the planet. So yes - GPS will work at the poles.
It'll still point towards the magnetic North.
Always points north
If you follow a compass going north, you reach close to the North Pole.
More Than "almost." the sun hits right on the equator. In fact, if you have a flagpole on the equator, there will be no shadow at noon. But the equator is not the only place where this happens. This happens Up to the tropics (tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn).
They get warm
In the good old days, the pilot used to come on the cabin-com and say "Ahhh, folks, we just crossed the equator". But nowadays, nothing happens at all.
This is impossible. A cyclone cannot cross the equator. The reason why this cannot happen is because the Coriolis Force reduces to almost nothing at the equator. The effect on a cyclone would be to cause it to dissipate.
Nothing happens at the equator that does not happen elsewhere.
Nothing happens at the equator that does not happen elsewhere.
Yes. A compass points to the Magnetic North Pole (located in extreme NW Canada) regardless of your location on the globe. For 90% of the planet, that is at least generally to the north.
No, the north seeking pole remains a north seeking pole.
Nothing.
Air near the equator is warmer
If you follow a compass going north, you reach close to the North Pole.
the compass aligns with the magnetic field created by the wire
it evaporates.
More Than "almost." the sun hits right on the equator. In fact, if you have a flagpole on the equator, there will be no shadow at noon. But the equator is not the only place where this happens. This happens Up to the tropics (tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn).
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