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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. "

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  1. Re:It has been drifting nothward for decades... by Perl-Pusher · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And John Katz posts a short article about the need to conform. Then promptly joins the Marine Corps.