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How would you draw a north arrow on an arctic map?

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How would you draw a north arrow on an arctic map?

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On a map such as the one you have linked to, there is no need to show in which direction North is; everything towards the edges of the map is automatically “south”. The North Pole is clearly marked, and it is in the center of the map, at the center of all those concentric circles showing latitude. Such a map showing the South Pole would also not require a “North Arrow”, since everything towards the edges of the map would automatically be “north” If the map did not include lines of latitude, then you could place “North Arrows” at various points around the Pole, pointing ***to*** the pole; the person looking at the map would simply draw an imaginary line from each arrow, and where the lines meet is the location of the Pole. On a map which does not show the Pole, all that is needed to show “North” is one arrow pointing North; where it is placed depends on the person making the map, but the “convention” seems to be somewhere in the bottom-left corner, since it is also “conventional” for su

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