How does the continental drift hypothesis account for the apparent wandering of the poles?

Answer 1

The magnetic poles do move a bit, but stay mainly near the north and south geographic poles. As the continents move, though, different areas of crust overlay the magnetic poles, and the paleomagnetic markers (such as iron granules) point to where the pole WAS when they were deposited and then solidified into position. These "polar" crustal regions later move and the poles appear to have moved; actually, the crust has moved instead.

For example, the north magnetic pole now is on an arctic island. In 100 milliion years that island may have been moved by plate tectonics to the equator, and the lava deposited in Yellowstone will point to that area.

Answer 2

The continental drift hypothesis suggests that the Earth's continents once formed a single landmass (Pangaea) that later broke apart and drifted to their current positions. As continents move across the Earth's surface, the positions of the magnetic poles recorded in rocks on these continents also change. This accounts for the apparent wandering of the poles observed in geological records.