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-as of [30 MARCH 2024]–
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__*aka*__
“geo-graphic north pole”
“terrestrial north pole”
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-the north pole, is (subject to the caveats explained below) defined as the point in the ‘northern hemisphere’ where the earth’s ‘axis of rotation’ meets its ‘surface’–
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(the ‘north pole’ is the northernmost point on the ‘earth’, lying diametrically opposite the ‘south pole’)
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*it defines geo-detic latitude “90° north”*
(as well as the direction of ‘true north’)
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(at the “north pole” all directions point ‘south’)
(in other words, all ‘lines of longitude’ converge there, so its ‘longitude’ can be defined as any ‘degree value’)
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(along tight latitude circles…)
‘counterclockwise’ is ‘east’
‘clockwise’ is ‘west’
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(while the “south pole” lies on a ‘continental land mass’, the “north pole” is located in the middle of the ‘arctic ocean’ amid waters that are almost permanently covered with ‘constantly shifting sea ice’)
(this makes it impractical to construct a ‘permanent station’ at the ‘north pole’ (unlike the ‘south pole’))
(however, the ‘soviet union’ (and later ‘russia’), constructed a number of ‘manned drifting stations’ on a ‘generally annual basis’ since ‘1937’, some of which have passed over or very close to the ‘pole’)
(since 2002, the russians have also annually established a base (‘barneo’) close to the ‘pole’)
(this operates for a few weeks during ‘early spring’)
(studies in the ‘2000s’ predicted that the “north pole” may become ‘seasonally ice-free’ because of ‘arctic ice shrinkage’, with time-scales varying from ‘2016’ to the ‘late 2000s’ or later)
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(the ‘sea depth’ at the ‘north pole’ has been measured at…)
‘4,261 meters’
(/ ‘13,980 feet’)
(measured by the russian ‘mir submersible’)
(2007)
‘4,087 meters’
(/ ‘13,410 feet’)
(measured by USS NAUTILUS)
(‘1958’)
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(the nearest land is usually said to be ‘kaffeklubben island’, off the northern coast of ‘greenland’ about 700 kilometers (/ 430 miles) away, though some perhaps non-permanent ‘gravel banks’ lie slightly closer)
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(the nearest permanently inhabited place is ‘alert’ in the ‘qikiqtaaluk region’ (/ ‘nunavut’ / ‘canada’), which is located 817 kilometers (/ ‘508 miles’) from the ‘pole’)
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