How to Use north pole in a Sentence

north pole

noun
  • Shouldn't the north pole of the Earth's magnet be at the North Pole?
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 10 July 2018
  • The light is believed to be the glow from a bolt of lightning near the planet's north pole.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • Eight of the largest have been spotted at the planet’s north pole and five at the southern one.
    Ramin Skibba, Wired, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Bring the land of the Claus’s to your bedroom with a quirky north pole theme like this look from the Company Store.
    Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The snapshot was taken near the north pole of Mars, which is an area known to be covered in ice.
    Mike Wehner, BGR, 8 Apr. 2021
  • And here's a broader view: Saturn's north pole Hexagon.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Mars once had a magnetic field, rivers, lakes and an ocean on its north pole.
    Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Alexander said that in a summer in Ohio, the north pole is pointing towards the sun and the south pole is tipped away.
    Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
  • Some features come and go, like a large storm by the north pole spotted by Hubble last year.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Overall, nine cyclones were spotted over Jupiter’s north pole and six over the south pole.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Cassini found evidence of this at the north pole early in the mission.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Bands of ice and sand at Mars’ north pole reveal an ancient climate that swung between warm and cold.
    Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2019
  • True north is the straight-line direction toward the geographic north pole of the Earth.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The magnetic needle on a compass points to magnetic North, rather than to the true north pole.
    James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
  • There’s a hexagonal storm on the north pole of Saturn, a geometric shape.
    Nick Vadala, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Take two bar magnets and bring their north poles together.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 10 July 2018
  • Layers of ice buried a mile beneath the planet's north pole were discovered in May 2019.
    Fox News, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The summer heat will be combined with the most intense sunshine of the year as the Earth's north pole is at its maximum tilt toward the sun.
    Derek Van Dam, CNN, 18 June 2020
  • It is located very close to the celestial north pole, which is the point around which the stars in the northern hemisphere appear to rotate.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Inside the Article Circle — the area within roughly 25 degrees of the north pole — the sun never sets at this time of year.
    Tom Metcalfe /, NBC News, 20 June 2018
  • The researchers also noted that most of Titan’s lakes circle its north pole.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The planned sample collection area, dubbed Nightingale, is a rugged 66-foot-wide crater near Bennu’s north pole.
    Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 19 Oct. 2020
  • These images of Jupiter show x-ray emission from the aurora at the north pole of the planet, a feature unique among the worlds in our solar system.
    Belinda J. Wilkes, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2019
  • InSight will use its radio system to measure the wobble of Mars' north pole to help scientists learn more about the shape of the planet.
    Amanda Barnett, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Juno is also equipped with infrared sensors that can capture a three-dimensional view of the storms around the north pole.
    Brian Resnick, Vox, 21 May 2018
  • Lakes around Titan’s north pole glint in the sunlight in this mosaic of Cassini images.
    Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
  • Saturn, the gas giant next door to Jupiter, wears a hexagonal shape on its north pole — but the geometry is all the work of a single storm.
    National Geographic, 7 Mar. 2018
  • During the northern hemisphere summer, the Earth's north pole itself is tilted toward the Sun by about 24°.
    Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2012
  • At the time, the planet and its many moons were at southern summer solstice, with their south poles fully lit and their north poles shrouded in darkness.
    Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Above Saturn’s north pole, clouds swirl in a distinct and stunning hexagonal shape.
    Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2018

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