Colin: But I'll bet they are at opposite ends of the same axis.
Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colin Rainey wrote: > Tell a Friend > > Where 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. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
