2007-03-25 07:05:15 · 20 answers · asked by Christopher Y 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
More food for thought....
if you're at the magnetic North pole, being the Earth is Antipodal, the north is technically the south...
if your traveling north from the north pole, would you be heading through the Earth, towards it center??
2007-03-25 07:38:09 · update #1
Undefined. The ONLY way that you can go from the North Pole is SOUTH... If you are at the pole, ANY direction that you go IS the direction of the other pole. If you were limited to traveling along an even degree longitude line, you could go 360 DIFFERENT directions, and ALL of them are South.
...This assumes that you are on the planet. In celestial navigation terms, a location is defined by the altitude above a given point and conventional applications of North and South do not apply. 2 miles above the North pole is NOT North of 1 mile above the pole which is NOT North of the surface at the North pole. ALL are equally "North."
For any point in the Northern hemisphere, 2 miles elevation above that point is NOT NORTH of 1 mile elevation above that point.
2007-03-25 07:23:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they are one mile north of the North Magnetic Pole, then most likely they are adrift in the Arctic Ocean. The North Magnetic Pole shifts position every year, and is currently approaching the North Axis Pole.
If this person is one mile due north of the North Axis Pole, then they are one mile high in the air. This is called "due galactic north", aka "up".
2007-03-25 14:12:39 · answer #2 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If north of the magnetic pole, he's still far south of the true: it's in the Arctic Ocean with nothing but water between said person and the pole. It's a non sequitur in any other way.
2007-03-25 14:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is not possible. If you are standing on the north pole, no matter which way you take a step, you are stepping to the south. The opposite hold true for the south pole.
2007-03-25 14:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A trickier question than it seems. North as in the direction to the pole star (teue north) or North to the Geographic North Pole location (magnetic or true)
2007-03-25 14:11:54 · answer #5 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One mile south of the north pole
2007-03-25 14:08:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Depends. Are you talking about magnetic north or astronomical (true) north?
If magnetic north, then at this time he would be about 75 miles west southwest of true north.
If true north then about 75 miles east northeast of magnetic north.
2007-03-25 14:24:04 · answer #7 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One mile above the north pole...
2007-03-25 14:09:17 · answer #8 · answered by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you mean magnetic North, it would depend on when we are talking about. For a rough area, I'd say northwest of Sverdrup Island, Canada.
2007-03-25 14:14:26 · answer #9 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That would 1 mile in altitude above the NP
2007-03-25 14:18:58 · answer #10 · answered by element_op 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋