Tell a FriendWhere does a compass really point? A compass in the Northern Hemisphere truely does point in a northerly direction, but not to the North Pole. Instead, the compass points to the North Magnetic Pole, which, as Sir James Clark Ross discovered in 1831, is located at the northernmost point of the Artic coast of North America. Similarly, a compass in the Southern hemisphere always points to the South Magnetic Pole, which is firmly planted south of Australia, in Antarctica. For the complete story here is the link: http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/compass.asp AND YES IT DOES ACT FUNNY CROSSING. That is why there is extra training to fly international along with extra licensing.
