North Pole
The pole lies on drifting sea ice rather than land. This topic is part of Polar Regions within Geography. This page currently draws on 13 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
North Pole trivia questions
The geographic North Pole is located in which ocean?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
Bonus fact: The pole lies on drifting sea ice rather than land.
At the North Pole, every direction away from the pole is what?
Answer: South
Bonus fact: All lines of longitude meet there.
Every magnet has a north pole and what other pole?
Answer: South pole
Bonus fact: Magnetic poles occur in north-south pairs.
What is the latitude of the North Pole?
Answer: 90° N
Bonus fact: Latitude ranges from 0 to 90 degrees north or south.
Which ocean surrounds the North Pole?
Answer: Arctic Ocean
Bonus fact: The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world’s five named oceans.
Who wrote "The Purchase of the North Pole"?
Answer: Jules Verne
Bonus fact: The novel is also known in English as "Topsy-Turvy."
Which group from an earlier Jules Verne novel returns in "The Purchase of the North Pole"?
Answer: The Baltimore Gun Club
Bonus fact: The Baltimore Gun Club first appeared in Verne's lunar novels about launching a projectile toward the Moon.
What enormous engineering scheme drives the plot of "The Purchase of the North Pole"?
Answer: Using a giant cannon to alter Earth's axis
Bonus fact: The scheme is intended to change polar conditions so valuable Arctic resources can be exploited.
Which American explorer claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1909?
Answer: Robert Peary
Bonus fact: Peary's claim was widely celebrated at the time but later became the subject of controversy.
Why is Peary's 1909 North Pole claim disputed by some historians?
Answer: Questions exist about his navigation records and reported travel speeds
Bonus fact: The lack of independent positional verification makes the exact northernmost point reached difficult to establish.
Which submarine became the first vessel to travel under the North Pole in 1958?
Answer: USS Nautilus
Bonus fact: The nuclear-powered Nautilus could remain submerged far longer than conventional submarines.
Which pole lies in the Arctic Ocean?
Answer: The North Pole
Bonus fact: The geographic North Pole lies over sea ice in the Arctic Ocean.