Hello ciao and thank you for your question.
As you will see below there are several definitions of what is North.
However if you took a map and followed the lines heading north (on
most maps) you would eventually reach the Geographic North Pole (also
known as True North) Once you reached this point (which is exactly at
latitude 90° North) you would be at the most northerly point on earth.
If you took a step in any direction, you would be heading South,
therefore the Geographic North Pole is the most Northerly point on
Earth.
North Pole Facts
Location Arctic Ocean...................90° N lat.
Nearest Landmass Greenland.............(450 mi S)
Water Depth.............................13,500 feet
Avg. Temp. ............................-0.4°F
Avg. Ice Thickness .....................3 to 6 feet
1st Explorers...........................Peary & Henson (1909)
1st Airplane Flight.....................Richard E. Byrd and Floyd
Bennet (1926)
1st Single person expedition............Naomi Uemura (1978)
1st Vessel..............................U.S. nuclear sub Nautilus
(1958)
At the website below you can see a map/globe showing the most
Northerly point in the world (the globe on the right, and the North
Pole is in the ventre of the globe) and on the left is the South Pole
(the most Southerly Point in the world)
http://whyfiles.org/061polar/
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"The northernmost point on the earth's surface is the geographic North
Pole, also known as true north. Considered by all to be the top of the
world,"
http://www.allthingsarctic.com/northpole/
"The North Pole, the northernmost point on the Earth, can be defined
in four different ways. Only the first two definitions are commonly
used. However it is defined, the North Pole lies in the Arctic Ocean.
1.)The Geographic North Pole, also known as True North, is the
northernmost point on the Earth as determined by the planet's
rotation. It has a known fixed position, at latitude 90° North. The
boundaries of Canada extend all the way to the Geographic North Pole.
There is no land at this location, which is usually covered by sea
ice.
2.)The Magnetic North Pole is the northern point at which the
geomagnetic field points vertically, i.e. the dip is 90°. This
definition was proposed by Sir William Gilbert, a courtier of Queen
Elizabeth I, in 1600 and is still used. Despite its name, it is a
south magnetic pole, because the north pole (labelled N) of every
other magnet is attracted to it, and opposite magnetic poles attract
each other. Its location (in 2003) is 78°18' North, 104° West, near
Ellef Ringness Island, one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, in Canada.
3.)The Geomagnetic North Pole is the pole of the Earth's geomagnetic
field closest to true north. Like Magnetic North, it is a south
magnetic pole. It is the centre of the region in the magnetosphere in
which the Aurora Borealis can be seen. Its present location is 78°30'
North, 69° West, near Thule in Greenland.
4.)The Northern Pole of Inaccessibility is defined as the point in the
Arctic farthest from any coastline, and is at 84°03' North, 174°51'
West. It is of interest mainly to explorers and crackpot conspiracy
theorists, and was first visited in 1927."
"The Geographic North Pole marks the location of the rotational axis
of the earth. It is the most northerly point on earth at which all
lines of longitude meet and all directions indicate South."
http://www.vicaar.spb.ru/map/northpole.htm
"He’s expected to reach the North Pole, the most northerly point on
Earth, with current temperatures at around –36ºc"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/features/northpole.shtml
Thank you for your question, and if you need any clarification of my
answer, do not hesitate to ask.
Very best regards
THX1138
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