82 THE EARTH'S NORTH POLE.

 

that the power of the magnetic pole
was so weak as to be overcome by the
iron in the ship.. The needle might
then be said to point to the north pole
of the ship, instead of the magnetic pole
of the earth.

The north pole of the earth—that
point which is just ninety degrees dis-
tant from the equator—has never been
reached. But some years after the voy-
age of Captain Parry, the British flag
was unfurled upon the magnetic pole.
The exact point of this pole was found
out by Captain Ross. If the north pole
is ever reached, it will no doubt be