The magnetic North Pole is
moving.
Distinct from the geographic North Pole, the
magnetic North Pole—used in compass navigation— is in northern Canada and moves
about 10 kilometers a year. As Scientific American explains,
the shift occurs "under the influence of the dynamo currents in the
Earth's core, as well as electric currents flowing in the ionosphere, the
radiation belts, and the Earth's magnetosphere."
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