How far NORTH do we have to go to reach SOUTH?

@Boyetski (986)
Philippines
December 19, 2009 8:44am CST
I was wondering if your going north? Will there be time that your Heading south?
4 responses
sagnik42
@sagnik42 (3589)
• India
19 Dec 09
Direction is always judged from a perspective. What is on the left side of me, is maybe on your right side. So what is north, is maybe actually be the south. So, if someone starts from the equator and heads south, he will ultimately reach north pole, or somewhere near there and then if he proceeds further north he will actually be coming down or heading south. Why? Well, incase you forgot, the earth is spherical.
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Boyetski
@Boyetski (986)
• Philippines
19 Dec 09
Well maybe you are right. But since you started heading north and never turn back south. Will you consider it south even if your still heading north? Hehehehe
sagnik42
@sagnik42 (3589)
• India
19 Dec 09
Like I said, it all depends on the observer's perspective. Maybe I do not think it is south, but someone else does. Isn't it?
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Boyetski
@Boyetski (986)
• Philippines
19 Dec 09
Hmm yes you are right.
maximax8
@maximax8 (31042)
• United Kingdom
19 Dec 09
I love traveling to different places in the world. In the world the furthest north I have been is Narvik in Norway. I have been to New Zealand and Dunedin is the furthest south I have been in the world. My last trip was to South Africa. I visited South Africa. I wouldn't have been able to go any further south than that.
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Boyetski
@Boyetski (986)
• Philippines
20 Dec 09
I mean how far north can you go to reach south?
Tbarker1010
@Tbarker1010 (96)
• United States
19 Dec 09
That is a good question Boyetski... Well I'm no scientist or anything but logically since the Earth is in shape of sphere (oblated spheriod to be exact), you can visualize yourself going up north, but then when you are from the north pole and you keep going "up" you are actually going down south.
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Boyetski
@Boyetski (986)
• Philippines
19 Dec 09
Yeah but we are still going north or as you said visualizing that we are going north, so even if reach south pole and still heading north are we still in the north? or South? hmm very confusing. :) Thanks for the info too.
jabelufiroz
@jabelufiroz (80)
• India
19 Dec 09
depends on the size of the magnetic material...
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