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Compasses become unreliable near the poles, the converging field lines cause them to swing around in directions that have no bearing on geographical north/south directions .

2006-06-18 04:04:25 · answer #1 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 1 0

There is no North of the magnetic north. So no, the compass wouldn't read south. It would probably just point up the magnetic north pole, which you can use to read south.

2006-06-18 02:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by thedivineoomba 5 · 0 0

A compass would either read south no matter what direction you faced within a 10 mile radius of the north pole, or as has been suggested it could just spin around and around. But it would more likely read south no matter what way you faced until you cleared the north pole.

2006-06-18 15:27:53 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0 0

No. Even a few hundred miles from the Magnetic Pole, the compass needle just wanders about aimlessly (just like when you hold a metal object near your compass).

2006-06-18 06:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Wally 2 · 0 0

Yes, it would read that you were heading south, even though geographically you would still be walking toward the north pole.

2006-06-18 02:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by nwtobe 6 · 0 0

yes

2006-06-18 02:32:35 · answer #6 · answered by afterglow_cowboy 2 · 0 0

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