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North Pole is Leaving Canada

Posted by timothy on from the too-conventional-for-a-polar-extreme dept.

Dedekind writes: "CNN.com is posting this story on the drifting of the Magnetic North Pole. Not only is the pole shifting from a spot just North of Resolute, Canada, Canadian scientists expect it to end up in Siberia within the next half-century. Perhaps the most interesting part of the story (which really is only a small part at the end) is that many couples like to go to the magnetic North Pole to conceive their children. "

3 of 380 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Moving Magnetic Pole? by Binky+The+Oracle · · Score: 5, Funny

    How, exactly, can the North Pole drift northward?

    Seems like it would be more accurate to say that Siberia is drifting northward and North America is drifting southward.

    WE HAVE TO STOP THIS NOW! At this rate, North America will be South America, environmentalists will be warning about the dangers we face when the Jamaican ice sheets collapse, and Australia will be located somewhere near the moon.

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    Slashdot comments... splitting hairs since 1997.

  2. Re:can't blame it by Bob+McCown · · Score: 5, Funny
    Maybe it's tired of Canada's 4 seasons:

    Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Highway Construction

  3. Trying to avoid taxes? by iabervon · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do they expect if they keep increasing taxes on magnetic media? The magnetic north pole is obviously going to want to move to somewhere cheaper, like Siberia.