the water there freezes and unfreezes at times, so the water around a ship could freeze, trapping it.
The north pole is covered with ice, you can not sail through ice.
North is the direction toward the North Pole or geographic North.
North Pole
North of course! There is no other way to travel.
In North America, the season when the north pole points toward the sun is Summer.
In North America, the season when the north pole points toward the sun is Summer.
magnetic north north pole =magnetic south
The north end of a compass needle would point toward the north pole of a bar magnet.
The magnetic north pole is slowly wandering across the Arctic Ocean toward Siberia.
The North Pole points toward the North Star, also known as Polaris. This star sits almost directly above the Earth's true North Pole, making it a useful navigational tool for determining direction.
Summer
I believe this is correct: Theoretically, the axis is infinitely long, extending into space toward the north from the north pole, and toward the south from the south pole. When you reach the north pole, that is not the farthest north that you can travel; if you are able to go up, you will continue going north.