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 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.
No. The compass needle points toward the magnetic north pole.
magnetic north north pole =magnetic south
Polaris.
The magnetic north pole is slowly wandering across the Arctic Ocean toward Siberia.
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.
Summer
magnetic north north pole =magnetic south