Categories
Uncategorized

The Curious Incident of the North Pole

Whilst idly surfing the web one day I discovered that there many more North Poles in the world than I’d thought. Not only do we have the Geographic North Pole, the Magnetic North Pole and the Geomagnetic North Pole, there are also North Poles in both the states of Alaska and New York and curiously a North Pole in the centre of London.

The curious 10 year old boy that lives inside me and loves watching The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures decided to email them to find out why it was called the North Pole station.

North Pole station [Incident:061229-000103]
Could you tell me please why it is called North Pole?

Thanks
Matt Wharton

Dear Mr Wharton

Thank you for your e mail,

The North Pole International Depot in London is so called because the depot is linked by rail to the three main North London termini: Euston, St Pancras and Kings Cross.

Kind Regards

Julian

By Matt Wharton

Matt Wharton is a dad, vlogger and IT Infrastructure Consultant. He was also in a former life a cinema manager.

Blogging here and at mattwharton.co.uk

Watch our family's vlog at YouTube

Follow me on Twitter