[DOC] [TLE] North Pole - Wikipedia [PAR] The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North 
Pole, is defined as the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of 
rotation meets its surface. The North Pole is the northernmost point on the Earth, 
lying diametrically .... In April 1895 the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and 
Hjalmar... [DOC] [TLE] The road to the magnetic north pole [PAR] We do not know for certain when the compass saw the light of day. ... In De 
magnete, the Earth was given a new property - previously only her form and size 
... considerably around this time and consequently measurements of the 
magnetic field ... Hansteen became well known in international as well as 
Norwegian research... [DOC] [TLE] Poles, Magnetic and Geographiac - Dictionary definition of Poles ... [PAR] The north magnetic pole is not the same as the north geographic pole. ... In 1903, 
the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen made another attempt to reach the ... 
north magnetic pole is moving in a general northwestward direction at around 10 
km per year. ... However, Earth wobbles a bit as it rotates, so this axis is not fixed. [DOC] [TLE] Quest for the South Magnetic Pole Teachers Kit [PAR] direction of the Earth's magnetic field is vertically upwards. The magnetic ... is not 
fixed and its position moves about 5 kilometres a year presently in a north to... [DOC] [TLE] List of firsts in the Geographic North Pole - Expand Your Mind [PAR] First to reach the Geographic North Pole (disputed): there are two claimants, ... 
over the North Pole: On May 12, three days after the Byrd flight, Norwegian Roald 
... March 16-May 31, 1979; First (confirmed) expedition to reach the North Pole 
..... In contrast, the actual Earth's magnetic poles are not antipodalthat is, they 
do... [DOC] [TLE] North Magnetic Pole - Revolvy [PAR] Since the Earth's magnetic field is not exactly symmetrical, the North and South 
Magnetic ... The movement of Earth's north magnetic pole across the Canadian 
arctic. ..... The Swedish Antarctic Expedition (19011904) was led by Otto ... The 
brainchild of the Norwegian-born, half-British explorer and schoolmaster Carsten
... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter One History of Geomagnetism and Palaeomagnetism [PAR] Dec 30, 2008 ... The Earth's Magnetic Field: Its History, Origin and Planetary Perspective ... of the 
North and South Magnetic Poles are not so readily calculated, and ... Their 
location was thus of considerable interest to the early explorers of polar regions. 
.... in a transparent vessel (cf. the fixed pivot of the modern compass). [DOC] [TLE] Antarctic History - Antarctica Online [PAR] Yet even before they laid eyes on it, most early explorers were convinced a ... 
island was not sighted again until 1808, though many explorers looked for it.) .... 
A merchant captain named William Smith was sailing around Cape Horn on .... 
He had also discovered that the south magnetic pole lay inland, inaccessible by 
sea. [DOC] [TLE] NOVA | Transcripts | Arctic Passage | PBS [PAR] Feb 28, 2006 ... One of Britain's most renowned explorers, Sir John Franklin, and 133 ... But after 
300 years of trying to penetrate the Arctic ice, no ship has ever sailed .... And then 
all of a sudden the winds turned around and the ice ..... hoping to settle a debate 
about whether the magnetic pole was fixed or shifted over time. [DOC] [TLE] A History of Geology and Planetary Science | Gates of Vienna [PAR] Nov 28, 2009 ... The word geology as a term for the study of the Earth was popularized in the .... 
Later scholars discovered evidence for several ice ages, not just one. ... axial tilt 
and precession of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. .... past in which the polarity of 
the Earth's magnetic poles was the opposite of what it is now. [DOC] [TLE] Vol. 6  No. 1  2012 - DiVA [PAR] ABSTRACT Roald Amundsen's active life as an explorer coincided with a pe- ... 
Secondly, the Norwegian and international scientific contexts of his expeditions 
are .... ing Amundsen became

Question: Around 1904 this Norwegian explorer confirmed that the Earth's magnetic poles are not fixed
Answer: Amundsen