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2 unusual facts about Magnetic pole


Magnetic pole

The North Magnetic Pole of planet Earth, a point where the north end of a compass points downward

The South Magnetic Pole of planet Earth, a point where the south end of a compass points downward



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Alistair Mackay

The following spring when Shackelton set off to attempt to reach the South Pole, he despatched Mackay, Mawson and Edgeworth David northward to reach the South Magnetic Pole which lay approximately 650 km north-north-west of Ross Island.