MAGNETIC POLE IN NEW POSITION
Peceived Monduv, 11.20 ]).m-. LOXDOX, July 8. Although special llights of ihe 1LA.I . Lancaster "Aries" last year failed to establish Ihe exact position of the inagiiet ic pole, indtcations tlie expedit ions obtained conlirmed the ealculat inus of the Astrononiei Roval, Sir llarold Spencer .Toues, tliat it 1- in a jiosition 7(5 degrees 1101th atid 1"2 degrees west, 011 Bathurst Jslaud. Tiiis is .".no miles north-north-west of tlie position 011 Boothia Peninsula where Aniunsden observed it iu 1 ! " i.'-i i.~i and where it has lieen shown 011 all aax igatioii charts since tlven. Tlie Aries' eajitain, W ing Conniiander .McKinley, says niany more ground and air obser\ ations would liave to be carried out to ascertain the position thoroiig'nly. Expeditions are preparing to follow the Aries' llighl. .-v -
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 July 1946, Page 5
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