The shifting of the North Pole has a big impact on the World Magnetic Model, which "predicts where the pole should be at any one time," said The Times. This model "helps to direct the compass ...
Compass needles in the Northern Hemisphere point toward the magnetic North Pole, although the exact location of it changes from time to time as the contours of Earth’s magnetic field also change.
The magnetic North Pole is the direction that a compass needle points, and it is not a fixed location; it changes due to magnetic activity beneath the Earth's crust. The North Magnetic Pole ...
Compass needles in the northern hemisphere point in the direction of the magnetic North Pole, and the location varies as a result of the changing contours of Earth's magnetic fields.