In fact we have got considerably to the north of the magnetic pole.
Over the magnetic pole, the dipping needle as it is called, is vertical.
My object is to communicate with the Boothians in the vicinity of the magnetic pole.
It was thus proved that the magnetic pole is situated a long distance—more than 1,200 miles—from the geographical pole.
On the first of March we halted to encamp at about the position of the magnetic pole—for no cairn remains to mark the spot.
Seven or eight snow-huts, recently abandoned, were found near the magnetic pole.
The little bungalow of the Colvilles in Pasadena became a kind of magnetic pole.
The movement of the area of magnetic intensity, and the magnetic pole, to the west.
Single wires, approximated in certain directions towards the magnetic pole, had currents induced in them.
You can see, then, that if a compass be taken north of this magnetic pole, its north pole will point south.
