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A magnet's poles are designated "north" and "south" just like the Earth -- which is, in fact, a planetary magnet. The northern magnetic pole on Earth (the one in the arctic) is magnetically a south pole, since poles on magnets are labelled by the direction that they tend to point in Earth's magnetic field (it's more correct and clearer to call them "north-seeking" and "south-seeking" poles).

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