Determining the angle between your position on Earth and Polaris determines your latitude. A person standing at the North Pole will find Polaris straight overhead (90°), which is her latitude.

Latitude is 32 degrees south ... north of the Equator is in the Northern Hemisphere and is labelled °N. The North Pole is 90°N and the South Pole is 90°S. Image caption, The globe above ...

The planet's magnetic North Pole, where compasses point, has been unexpectedly moving toward Russia. While shifting is not a rare occurrence, the pole is moving both faster and differently than it ...