North Pole

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Learn about the different types of North poles on Earth: the geographic North Pole, the magnetic North Pole, and the geomagnetic North Pole

North Pole expedition

Airplane routes over the North Pole, including the one flown by Richard E. Byrd in 1926.

major Arctic exploration routes

decline in minimum Arctic sea ice extent

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North Pole: Media

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Learn about the different types of North poles on Earth: the geographic North Pole, the magnetic North Pole, and the geomagnetic North Pole

Learn about the different types of North poles on Earth: the geographic North Pole, the magnetic North Pole, and the geomagnetic North Pole

The multiple north poles that exist on Earth: the geographic North Pole, the magnetic...

Video: © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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North Pole

North Pole

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North Pole expedition

North Pole expedition

Matthew Henson (centre) and other members of Robert E. Peary's North Pole expedition,...

Robert Peary—Hulton Archive/Getty Images

auroral oval

auroral oval

Earth's full North Polar auroral oval, in an image taken in ultraviolet light by...

NASA

Airplane routes over the North Pole, including the one flown by Richard E. Byrd in 1926.

Airplane routes over the North Pole, including the one flown by Richard E. Byrd in...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Arctic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

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major Arctic exploration routes

major Arctic exploration routes

Routes of major Arctic explorations.

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decline in minimum Arctic sea ice extent

decline in minimum Arctic sea ice extent

Remote sensing has revealed the loss in Arctic sea ice extent since the late 1970s.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski