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The North Pole is the northernmost point on any planet. There are various ways of defining a planet's North Pole. Earth's North Pole, however it is defined, lies in the Arctic Ocean. North Pole - Defining the North Pole of Earth. The North Pole, the northernmost point on the Earth, can be defined in four different ways. Only the first two definitions are commonly used. However it is defined, the North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean. The Geographic North Pole, also known as True ... Including:

• North Pole - Defining the North Pole of Earth
• North Pole - Geographic North Pole
• North Pole - Expeditions
• North Pole - Magnetic North
• North Pole - Geomagnetic North Pole
• North Pole - Northern Pole of Inaccessibility
• North Pole - Defining North Poles in astronomy
• North Pole - Day and night
• North Pole - Territorial claims to the North Pole Arctic
• North Pole - Magnetic declination
• North Pole - Cultural references to the North Pole

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The Geographic North Pole, also known as True North, is close to the northern point at which the Earth's axis of rotation meets the surface. Geographic North defines latitude 90° North. In whichever direction you travel from here, you are always heading south. The pole is located in the Arctic Ocean. Classically (19th century) this pole was exactly where people believed the pole of rotation met the Earth's surface, but soon astronomers noticed a small apparent variation of latitude as determined for a fixed point on Earth by observin ...

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The Airship Norge was a semi-rigid Italian-built airship that carried out what many consider the first verified overflight of the North Pole on May 12, 1926. It was also the first aircraft to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and America.The expedition was the brainchild of polar explorer and expedition leader Roald Amundsen, and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, who along with the Aero Club of Norway financed the trip. Airship Norge - Specification and Design. Norge was the ... Including:

• Airship Norge - Specification and Design
• Airship Norge - Polar Expedition

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The Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia, Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland (a territory of Denmark), Iceland, and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, and Finland), as well as the Arctic Ocean. There are numerous definitions for the Arctic region. The boundary is generally considered to be north of the Arctic Circle (66° 33’N), which is the limit of the midnight sun and the polar night. Other definitions are based on climate and ecology, such as the 10°C (50°F) July isother ... Including:

• Arctic - Nature and natural resources
• Arctic - Arctic cultures
• Arctic - The changing Arctic
• Arctic - Environmental impact assessment
• Arctic - International cooperation and politics
• Arctic - A strategic military region

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The flight to cross the North Pole started off from Rome on March 29, reaching its first destination Oslo, Norway on April 14. It then went via Leningrad to Vadsø in northern Norway, where the airship mast is still standing today. The expedition then crossed the Barents Sea to reach Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard which would be its last stop before crossing the pole. The airship left Ny-Ålesund for ...

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Airship Italia was a semi-rigid airship used by Umberto Nobile in his second series of flights around the North Pole. Airship Italia - Design and Specifications. Italia was an N-class semirigid airship, designation N4. In design it was almost identical to the N1 Norge but larger in gas capacity. Little is known of airship N2. Airship N3 was sold to to Japan and became "Naval Airship No. 6". According to Italian sources, airship N5 (which was larger and had three times the lifting capcit ... Including:

• Airship Italia - Design and Specifications
• Airship Italia - Polar flights
• Airship Italia - Causes of crash
• Airship Italia - Crew and expedition members
• Airship Italia - Rescue effort

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The South Pole is the southernmost point on the Earth, as defined in any of several ways. South Pole - Geographic South Pole. The Geographic South Pole is the one of two points where the earth's axis of rotation intersects the surface (the other being the Geographic North Pole). This is the point usually meant when an unspecified "south pole" is mentioned. The first humans to reach the Geographic South Pole were Norwegian Roald Amundsen and his party on December 14, 1911. Amundsen named his camp Polh ... Including:

• South Pole - Geographic South Pole
• South Pole - Ceremonial South Pole
• South Pole - Geomagnetic South Pole
• South Pole - Magnetic South Pole
• South Pole - The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility

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Endangered marine species include walruses and whales; fragile ecosystem slow to change and slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack; seasonal hole in ozone layer over the North Pole. Reduction of the area of Arctic sea ice will have an effect on the planet's albedo, thus possibly affecting global warming. Many scientists are presently concerned that warming temperatures in the Arctic may cause large amounts of fresh, Arctic Ocean meltwater to enter the North Atlantic, possibly disrupting global ocean current patterns. Potent ...

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A magnet is an object that has a magnetic field. The word magnet comes from the Greek "magnítis líthos" (μαγνήτης λίθος), which means "magnesian stone". Magnesia is an area in Greece (Now Manisa, Turkey) where deposits of magnetite have been discovered since antiquity. Magnet - Introduction. In the modern sense, a magnet is any material that has a magnetic field. It can be in the form of a permanent magnet or an electromagnet. Permanent magnets do not rely upon outside in ... Including:

• Magnet - Introduction
• Magnet - Physical origin of magnetism
• Magnet - Permanent Magnets
• Magnet - Electromagnets
• Magnet - Characteristics of magnetic materials
• Magnet - Permanent magnets and dipoles
• Magnet - North/south pole designation and the Earth's magnetic field
• Magnet - Common uses for magnets
• Magnet - How to magnetize materials
• Magnet - How to demagnetize materials
• Magnet - Types of permanent magnets
• Magnet - Magnetic forces
• Magnet - Magnets and other magnets
• Magnet - Magnets and ferromagnetic materials
• Magnet - Magnets and diamagnetic materials
• Magnet - Magnets and paramagnetic materials
• Magnet - Calculating the magnetic force
• Magnet - Online references
• Magnet - Printed references
• Magnet - External articles

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A totem is any natural or supernatural object, being or animal which has personal symbolic meaning to an individual and to whose phenomena and energy one feels closely associated with during one's life. A simplified dramatic example of this belief in practice is in the Walt Disney Pictures animated film, Brother Bear. In the film, a boy from a proto-Inuit tribe receives a totem of the B ... Including:

• Totem - Totemism
• Totem - North American totem poles
• Totem - Ancient totem culture in Sanxingdui China
• Totem - Totems in Zimbabwe

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