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What would happen if I went to the North Pole with a compass?

If I stood exactly on the North Pole with a compass,which way would it point?Or would it spin in circles?

Public Comments

1. spin in circles, randomly. There in the north, the magnetic north sort of shifts,..
2. which direction would you be facing?
3. FROZEN !! :-)
4. You would get lost and die from hyperthermia long before you got near the pole.........Years later someone would come along, FIND your compass..... and say....look ....some idiot lost their compass!
5. If youre on the NP, than ittl point SW cause the North magnetic pole is SW of the NP. On the Magnetic NP, the compass points to the ground.
6. It would point towards the magnetic pole which is somewhat south of the geographical North Pole. The 2005 location of the magnetic north pole is 79.74°N and 71.78°W