In the antarctic - is there a North/South?

Question

If you are on the pole, Is there a North?

Answer 1

There is a North/South everywhere, except right at the poles. People at & near the south pole use "grid" directions. "Grid northing" is the prime meridian, toward London. "Grid Southing" is the opposite direction. "Grid easting" is toward India.

By using the grid system, they avoid the problem of every direction being north.

Answer 2

In the antarctic there is a North and a South. The only places on the globe where there are not a north, south, east, and west are the geographic North and South Poles. If you are standing on the South Pole (antarctic), every direction you look is North. If you are standing on the North Pole (arctic), every direction you look is South.

The only confusion lies with how a compass works. A compass reads the Earth's magnetic poles, which are slightly skewed from the geographic poles. The magnetic poles are constantly varying but stay near the geographic poles.

Answer 3

there will but magnetic north with the compass would be pointing at the ground
if you continue heading south from antarctic, you would technically be going north. if you head north from antarctic you'd be going north

when you're at north pole, going south would be going south and heading north would be staying where you are

Answer 4

Tricky question, I would say no. If you are at the very north, like the point of a needle then no there is no more north unless you count up as north. There would now only be south, west east.

Answer 5

on the south pole, every single direction is North!

Answer 6

If you are at the centre of the south pole in the Antartica continent,there will be North direction only.If you move out of the centre in any direction it will be north only.So, there will be no south,west or east directions.

Answer 7

Yes, until you get to the pole. Everything is North from there.

When you get to the pole in the Arctic, it is all south from there.

Answer 8

Yes - every direction is north.