The North Pole that is a suburb of Fairbanks is a real town -- incorporated, own police force, etc.
North Pole, Canada, is a real postal address (from which real responses are mailed), created for the benefit of kids. However, it's not a real place. I suspect letters addressed there go to a special seasonally-staffed office in Ottawa or somewhere. I believe the real magnetic north is in Canada, though. Brrrrrrr! Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 17:44 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:23729] Re: a metric Christmas In a message dated 2002-12-02 17:51:02 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: North Pole is, of course, a suburb of Fairbanks, Alaska. Actually, no, it's in Canada. SANTA CLAUS NORTH POLE H0H 0H0 CANADA This is for real: http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/dec/santa/writesanta/default-e.asp Carleton
