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True, It's The North Pole

One difference between Commercial Navigation, and Senior Commercial Navigation in the pilot training syllabus is Polar Navigation, and how you navigate above Latitude 72 degrees North.

Compasses are switched from Magnetic to True, so they point to True North, and navigation is conducted with reference to the Polar Grid.

Pilots change the compasses at the press of a button, or just wait until the aircraft realises it is above 72 degrees north, and switches them automatically.

[True North is at the top of the planet, whereas Magnetic North wanders about, and is currently in Ellesmere Island in Northern Canada.]


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