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The Magnetic North Pole Is Not at the North Pole
The magnetic north pole just wanders around in various directions over periods of time, and is never in the same place where you last looked for it. It's moving at about 55 kilometers a year towards siberia, away from canada. The reason these different continents are getting more and less magnetic is because 50 years ago there was this big flow of molten lava inside the earth's core. And as that seeps into rock, which solidifies, it keeps the magnetic field that it had when it was still liquid and kind of jiggling around. So this wild, rogue magnetic north is eading away from the north pole itself, towards the plains of siberia,. As far
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