Ethan Givan Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Sometimes when I get bored I think about random stuff and a while back I was thinking about the North Pole ( I dont know why) :hammer1: and I thought of a very interesting question. Hypothetically if you stood exactly at the North Pole, would every direction you looked be South? I think the answer is yes, because all other directions (east, west, and north) would not exist at the very most northern point. I have asked other people and I get different answers. I just think its an interesting question, and it definitely makes your mind work. What do you guys think? Its random and pointless I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 What will really bake your brain is realizing that there are 2 North Poles;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dance.and.shoot Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Sometimes when I get bored I think about random stuff and a while back I was thinking about the North Pole ( I dont know why) :hammer1: and I thought of a very interesting question. Hypothetically if you stood exactly at the North Pole, would every direction you looked be South? I think the answer is yes, because all other directions (east, west, and north) would not exist at the very most northern point. I have asked other people and I get different answers. I just think its an interesting question, and it definitely makes your mind work. What do you guys think? Its random and pointless I know I never thought about that actually...one would think so though. it only seems logical. but now hold on, isn't the North Pole just a big piece of ice? I'm pretty sure it is because I thought someone took a submarine underneath the North Pole (i could be getting my facts mixed up though.) but if the N.P. is in fact just a big slab of ice, then I don't think the answer would be yes, because the slab of ice'd be moving constantly and therefore wouldn't be at the very North...would it? Dang you!!! now you've got me thinking....which isn't good and hold on one more second. I just asked someone at work about it, and they said no. because while you are looking south, the south on one side of you would still be on the east, and the other side of you would be on the west...so you would still have SW & SE...BUT since you're at the very North point, you wouldn't know what side of you was east and what side of you was west...so i'm changing my vote. it's no..but it's also yes. no because there WOULD be South West & South East, but my answer's yes because you wouldn't know what side was East and What side was West, therefore you wouldn't be able to prove that there still is a SW & SE... (told you it's not good to get me thinking...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dance.and.shoot Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 What will really bake your brain is realizing that there are 2 North Poles;) Oh dear....now THAT is really going to fry my brain... so why don't you humor me and explain how that's possible!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 We talkin' the one in Alaska or the one where Santa Clause lives.:clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 i would have to say even from the north pole you would still be able to tell your directions, unless for some reason you couldnt see the sun from there.. it always rises from the east and set in the west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 i beleave that would be true north.. and magnetic north Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 The answer would be no. The land is still flat per say. Thanks Gary thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 i beleave that would be true north.. and magnetic north Winner Winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 i would have to say even from the north pole you would still be able to tell your directions, unless for some reason you couldnt see the sun from there.. it always rises from the east and set in the west. But if you are at the very most northern point and you started walking in a straight line in any direction then you would be walking south. Think about it. Lines of Longitude run from North to south, so if you follow lines of Longitude from the north pole towards the south pole in any direction you are going south. There is no way to walk east or west from the exact northern point if you walk in a straight line. You cant walk north if you are at the most northern point either, which means every direction would be south. Im sticking to my answer of yes lol. Realistically there is no possible way to be at the most northern point exactly but in theory it works I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Interesting question...i think you can still walk east or west... Lets just say there you are, freezing your berries off, standing at the very north pole. Lets say you decide to walk left, and some few thousand miles later, you somehow end up hanging out with an eskimo at Canada's northern border...wouldn't you have had to walk west in order to get there? Or if you decided to walk right, and you ended up in Russia, wouldn't you have had to walk east to get there? I understand what you mean, and find it difficult to argue with your point, because you would technically have to walk south in order to vertically move anywhere else, but at the same time, you can still travel in all directions from the north pole with the exception of north..... Well thats way to much thinking for me this week, i'm going to go stare at a wall for a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 would every direction you looked be South? Why can't you look up at the north pole? I think I'm with Dan, 'cept i'm going to stare at my eyelids for a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 the azumuth of the compass always is 360 degrees. even if the north/south poles were round circles the size of a pinhead, they would still radiate out 360 different degrees. so, if you vary any from the pole it will always have a compass reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Wow you guys are doing way to much thinking for me today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 We talkin' the one in Alaska or the one where Santa Clause lives.:clown: Both :clown::clown: The answer is yes. It's a no brainer . No matter which direction you look, from true North you are looking due south. I'm still trying to figure out what dance.and.shoot is drinking. :clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 I'm still trying to figure out what dance.and.shoot is drinking. :clown:lol Yep, if you're at the true north pole, you can only head south. However, once you're even a molecule from there, you can then go any of the other cardinal or intermediate directions. So here's another curve for you - the magnetic north pole isn't always in the same place; it moves around.:hammer1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 lol Yep, if you're at the true north pole, you can only head south. However, once you're even a molecule from there, you can then go any of the other cardinal or intermediate directions. Exactly!! Dang, Canuck!! Stole my thunder. :clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 So here's another curve for you - the magnetic north pole isn't always in the same place; it moves around.:hammer1:Correct. And periodically, the north and south poles flip. In fact, we're several millions of years past due for the next flip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Both :clown::clown: The answer is yes. It's a no brainer . No matter which direction you look, from true North you are looking due south. I'm still trying to figure out what dance.and.shoot is drinking. :clown: really?? i think if i'm standing on true north and look 090 degrees, i'm looking east and if i turn 180 degrees from 090 degrees to 270 degrees, i'm lookin west. of course, from true north if i look 180 or 360 degrees, i'm looking south. but that's just me....:clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sskybnd Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 ok heres one, what degree of difference is true noth from magnetic north, and why is it something every hunter should know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 ok heres one, what degree of difference is true noth from magnetic north, and why is it something every hunter should know. Great question, and a very important one! The answer is that it depends on where you are located. North magnetic pole is currently in the northern part of Canada and your compass will home in on it. Right here, magnetic north is around 21* west of true north, so the needle points to magnetic north but true north is significantly (21*) to the 'left'. The further east you go, the smaller the difference becomes, until true and magnetic north line up to your position and the difference is zero. Continuing on eastward, the true north then is, in effect, to the east of where your compass points. This difference is called magnetic declination and a compass that can be set to contend with these differences is often man's best friend.:yawn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Great question, and a very important one! The answer is that it depends on where you are located. North magnetic pole is currently in the northern part of Canada and your compass will home in on it. Right here, magnetic north is around 21* west of true north, so the needle points to magnetic north but true north is significantly (21*) to the 'left'. The further east you go, the smaller the difference becomes, until true and magnetic north line up to your position and the difference is zero. Continuing on eastward, the true north then is, in effect, to the east of where your compass points. This difference is called magnetic declination and a compass that can be set to contend with these differences is often man's best friend.:yawn: right on, jack. i hope your shoulder is healing and you can draw a bow soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck2 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 Thanks Steve; the shoulder wasn't as hoped for the early archery season and I had to lay off. But I'm sure it will be OK before the year is out.:yes: But so as not to hijack the thread, cheers from your neighbor to the north and west of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 lol Yep, if you're at the true north pole, you can only head south. However, once you're even a molecule from there, you can then go any of the other cardinal or intermediate directions. So here's another curve for you - the magnetic north pole isn't always in the same place; it moves around.:hammer1: Great question, and a very important one! The answer is that it depends on where you are located. North magnetic pole is currently in the northern part of Canada and your compass will home in on it. Right here, magnetic north is around 21* west of true north, so the needle points to magnetic north but true north is significantly (21*) to the 'left'. The further east you go, the smaller the difference becomes, until true and magnetic north line up to your position and the difference is zero. Continuing on eastward, the true north then is, in effect, to the east of where your compass points. This difference is called magnetic declination and a compass that can be set to contend with these differences is often man's best friend.:yawn: Dang professor, always learning something from you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 The answer is yes. It's a no brainer . No matter which direction you look, from true North you are looking due south. I'm still trying to figure out what dance.and.shoot is drinking. :clown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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