The Search for the North Magnetic Pole

Abstract

A review of the studies of the Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Dominion Observatory, Canada, since 1907, showing the extension of the network of magnetic stations in the Canadian Arctic, and discussing the determination of the magnetic pole in northern Prince of Wales Island, on the basis of 1947 preliminary values from nineteen stations; and with an historical summary of magnetic observations in the North.