and the needle of a compass is attracted to the north pole of the magnetosphere. The magnetic north pole isn't actually the same as the geographic north pole — it's about 1,000 miles south of ...

They also had observed that needles cooled from red heat and held in the north-south orientation (the earth's axis) would become magnetic. These more refined needle compasses could then be floated in ...

There are four main directions on a compass; north, south, east and west. A compass can be used to describe a direction. Another method of describing directions is using bearings. Ships use ...