Show true tru ns as tile hie needle to tile the role pole Theold baying true as the needle pole ii quite misleading explains tile geographical magazine because three persons in five who use it tire lire thinking of the north pole while the fact act Is that the termini of the earths axis are not coincident with the magnetic poles it was of breut greut importance fm to nari navigators gators lit in tile rn n lati tudes audes to determine the exact position of the north magnetic pole iu in order to make tile needle a perfectly trustworthy guide one lay day nearly sixty years ago while tile famous polar traveler sir john robs RIS was bl edging over the ice hummocks nort north h of this continent lie ho found a place on the western et ern there shore of boothia felix where the aae dipping needle wholly lost its directive power and stood within one minute of the vertical the file discovery enabled greely at lady franklin aty A lien hen bo be found his needle pointing nearly southe bt to determine the true north by bra a few minute minu tei calculation the position tion of the south magnetic pole ims has also been approximately determined and not a be tw a captain bails tile the ocean today who jho is not greatly indebted to these discoveries these magnetic poles slowly move 6 ck and forth across tile lie aret they have probably chun chanced geil their position since they ivi kieru ere found and eclen alicc men awhile an laile ago iii etero ere urging ur iny the importance of sending bunding out expeditions to relocate them |