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