The magnetic compass always points toward “true north,” based on the Earth’s gravitational field. It’s a relatively unchanging constant that the ship can reliably steer by.

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The military depends on where magnetic north is for navigation and parachute drops, while NASA, the Federal Aviation Administration and U.S. Forest Service also use it.

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As a navigational instrument, the magnetic compass first shows up in written records in the early 1400s aboard Chinese explorer Zheng He’s ship, which sailed seven major ocean voyages.

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In the past five years, the magnetic north pole has significantly slowed down to about 25km a year. The model assists in ...

That's a problem for virtually every device with a magnetic compass, including smartphones, military vehicles and airliners. Magnetic north is moving at a rate of 34 miles per year, up from 9 ...

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Since the magnetic north pole was first measured in 1831 it has moved about 1,400 miles toward Siberia.