One of you asked this question. “Does a magnetic compass point to the North Pole?”

前段时间有观众向我们提问：“罗盘的指针真的指向北极吗？”

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This means that if you took two trips 10 years apart to the North Magnetic Pole by following a compass, you'd end up at a different destination each time. Theory 8:2012 and the end of the world.

这意味着，如果你相隔10年跟着指南针所指方向去北极的话，那么这两次你所到的目的地是不同的。

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Suppose you decide to make a trek to the North Pole. You can't catch a plane there. So instead, you pull out your compass, watch the needle swing northward and plot a path, right?

假设你决定长途跋涉去北极，又不能坐飞机去，那么只好拿出指南针，根据指向北方的指针绘制出路径，对么？

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A compass is a device containing a metal object that points toward the magnetic north pole.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

The Geographic pole is the top of the axis on which the earth spins, the Magnetic pole is where the compass points to, and the Arctic pole is the point on the Arctic Ocean furthest from any land.

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