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Why are the poles north-south?

Listener Tim got in touch to ask: Why do the poles go north-south as opposed to east-west?
24 January 2017
Presented by Graihagh Jackson. 
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Listener Tim got in touch to ask: Why do the poles go north-south as opposed to east-west? Graihagh Jackson spoke to Imperial College's Stuart Higgins to find out...

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