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Title: "Canada? Go East young man!"
Post by: Pococurante on June 14, 2005, 10:11:23 AM
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In 1904 it was measured just off the northern tip of Nunavut's King William Island by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, and since then has moved in a north to northwesterly direction at a stately 10 kilometres per year. (http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=658628d5-fc19-48e0-add8-bc0fbebadfe9)

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But he got close enough to make two measurements, and says it appears the pole is farther away than expected, and moving even faster than before.