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Show THE REAL NORTH POLE. J & (From SL Nicholas.) ' t The popular idea of the compass is i ft that it is an instrument having a free- ? M ly moving needle which points to tho hH North Polo. But the needle points ;MO i to the North Pole when the compass . 3 I Is situated on tho moridlan of lnngi- j K tude that runs through the north mag- j JH ! netlc pole. The real (or .geographic ; (g t North Pale and the magnetic North Pole aro not In the samo pl.ee. r W The rnngnetic North Pole, toward ', which tho compass needle really ; Jjp 'really points. Is situated In the north- ' ern part of Cauada, In northern latl- ' tude 70 degrees 5 minutes and longi- " teg tude 9C degrees 43 minutes west from ; (u Greenwich. It was visited in 1S31 by - X& Sir James Ross. Tho southern posl- jj l tiou In the Antarctic region was dls- Jfj., covered by Sir Ernest Shackleton's . fa expedition to the latitude 72 degrees t lM 25 minute's south and longitude 151 ( (jj minutes east. ' |