01-03-2013, 01:26 PM
(01-03-2013, 01:19 PM)Confused Wrote: North Magnetic Pole Moving Due to Core Flux
Quote:The magnetic north pole had moved little from the time scientists first located it in 1831. Then in 1904, the pole began shifting northeastward at a steady pace of about 9 miles (15 kilometers) a year.
In 1989 it sped up again, and in 2007 scientists confirmed that the pole is now galloping toward Siberia at 34 to 37 miles (55 to 60 kilometers) a year.
A rapidly shifting magnetic pole means that magnetic-field maps need to be updated more often to allow compass users to make the crucial adjustment from magnetic north to true North.
Sounds like it could well end up 20 degrees east of north.