# North of the north pole? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954 "2007-01-29T10:26:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buddyholly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@buddyholly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddyholly)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/1 "2007-01-29T10:26:47Z")
What is the north of the north pole? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/2 "2007-01-29T10:56:03Z")
Nothing - there is no such place. I’ve only ever heard the expression used as analogy for ‘what is beyond the edge of the universe?’ ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/3 "2007-01-29T11:08:20Z")
I wonder if you could argue that there’s a point “north of the north pole” relative to the speaker rather than the pole itself, as in if somebody told me to head north and stop a hundred yards past the pole. It’d be south of the north pole, but… aarr fuggedit. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/4 "2007-01-29T11:09:14Z")
If you move North from the (Magnetic) North Pole, to the (Geographic) North pole then mostly whats there is ice & snow. ---
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/5 "2007-01-29T12:21:59Z")
With a helicopter I could go North of either North Pole quite easily. That is until I ran out of **air** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/6 "2007-01-29T12:22:47Z")
[QUOTE=FRDE] With a helicopter I could go North of either North Pole quite easily. That is until I ran out of **air** 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s not north, it’s _above_; quite a different direction. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/7 "2007-01-29T12:32:21Z")
[QUOTE=buddyholly] What is the north of the north pole? [/QUOTE] the south russian? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/8 "2007-01-29T13:34:11Z")
You never want to go north of the north pole – the temperature drops below absolute zero there! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/9 "2007-01-29T15:17:24Z")
[QUOTE=buddyholly] What is the north of the north pole? [/QUOTE] All the angels dancing on the head of a pin and the only sound you hear is the sound of one hand clapping. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/10 "2007-01-29T15:34:42Z")
For our own good, we are not allowed to know what is north of the North Pole. The non-Euclidean geometry of the space there twists our minds and leads to madness. And it’s even worse south of the South Pole. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/11 "2007-01-29T15:42:32Z")
Oh, wait a minute, I know this one! Er, the color of the bear is white? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/12 "2007-01-29T15:46:13Z")
Because they can’t get the wrappers off! ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/13 "2007-01-29T18:03:02Z")
If you stand on the North Pole, any direction you move to is South ---
**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/14 "2007-01-29T19:11:38Z")
The Garden of Eden, one of the lost tribes of Israel, and a [monorail.](http://www.ourhollowearth.com/VoyagetoHollowEarth.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/15 "2007-01-29T19:14:50Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’ve only ever heard the expression used as analogy for ‘what is beyond the edge of the universe?’ [/QUOTE] I’ve heard it as an analogy for ‘What was before the big bang?’ ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/16 "2007-01-29T19:21:37Z")
[QUOTE=MikeS] The Garden of Eden, one of the lost tribes of Israel, and a monorail. [/QUOTE] [The Great Karnak]What are a place that was groovin’, Reuven, and Disney people movin’?[/The Great Karnac] ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/17 "2007-01-29T19:42:42Z")
North of North Pole is Beaver. You can look it up. North Pole, Alaska is a city of about 1600 folks, near Fairbanks. It’s quite a ways south of the magnetic and geographic north poles. If you mail a letter to “Santa Claus, North Pole”, this is where it goes. The city hires a loyal troupe of helpers every year to answer all those letters. > **[North Pole, Alaska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole%2C_Alaska)** > > North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,243, up from 2,117 in 2010. Despite its name, the city is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) south of Earth's geographic North Pole and 125 miles (200 km) south of the Arctic Circle. > The city is a summertime attraction for tourists visiting nearby Fairbanks and, due to its location... > **[NorthPoleChamber.com is for sale | HugeDomains](https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=northpolechamber.com)** > > Own this domain today. We make your shopping experience easy. Friendly and quick customer service. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/18 "2007-01-29T20:42:37Z")
Why does nobody ever ask “What’s south of the South Pole?” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/19 "2007-01-29T20:54:39Z")
Because that’s an analogy for the Big Crunch, instead, and that hasn’t happened yet (nor does it appear that it will). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954/20 "2007-01-29T21:24:43Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Why does nobody ever ask “What’s south of the South Pole?” [/QUOTE] Because we know the answer to that one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-of-the-north-pole/389954.md?page=2)