🌿 Explorers reach the South Magnetic Pole (1909)
Where: Victoria Land, Antarctica (1909 magnetic pole)
📅 On This Day: January 16
January 16, 1909: Explorers reach the South Magnetic Pole. On 16 January 1909, three men from Shackleton's expedition, including Douglas Mawson, became the first to reach the South Magnetic Pole. This spot, where compass needles point, is not the same as the South Pole. And it slowly moves a little every year!
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- 1969 🚀 The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 joined together in orbit, the first docking of two crewed spacecraft, and two cosmonauts moved between them.
🧠 Question of the day
What is true about the South Magnetic Pole?
- It is on the equator
- It is the same as the South Pole
- It moves a little every year
Show the answer
Answer: It moves a little every year
Questions
What happened on January 16?
January 16, 1909: Explorers reach the South Magnetic Pole. It happened in Victoria Land, Antarctica (1909 magnetic pole).
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