The World Magnetic model is used for navigation systems by Britain's Ministry of Defense , the U.S. Defense Department, NATO, and even civilian systems, according to the British Geological Survey.

Magnetic north versus ‘true north’ At the top of the world in the middle of the Arctic Ocean lies the geographic North Pole, the point where all the lines of longitude that curve around Earth ...

The scientists collected the most recent data of magnetic field recordings from the past few years and plugged that into the model, which allowed the researchers to extrapolate where the pole ...

At present, the north magnetic pole is headed for Russia, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Scientists may not know exactly why the pole is moving the way it is, but that’s not a new ...

Since 1831, when it was first measured in the Canadian Arctic, the magnetic north pole has moved about 1,400 miles toward Siberia. Its speed has jumped from about 9 miles per year to 34 miles per ...

The first measurement of the magnetic pole was taken in 1831 in the Canadian Arctic, The Guardian reports. Since then, it has moved about 1,400 miles (2,250km) toward Siberia.

The Earth's north magnetic pole (which is not the same as geographic north) has led scientists on something of a goose chase over the past century. Each year, it moves north by an average of about ...

It gets weirder: Since 1970, the magnetic pole has gone from drifting 9 kilometers a year to currently 45 kilometers a year, moving from Canada to Siberia -- talk about your “polar express”.

Unlike the geographic North Pole, which marks a fixed location, the magnetic north pole’s position is determined by Earth’s magnetic field, which is in constant motion.

By the 1940s, magnetic north had moved northwest from its 1831 position by about 250 miles (400 kilometers). In 1948, it reached Prince Wales Island, and by 2000 it had departed Canadian shores.