The magnetic pole in the northern hemisphere is actually a south magnetic pole. This can be confusing, but it's because of how we define magnetic poles.

* Magnetic poles are defined by the direction of the magnetic field lines they produce.

* Field lines flow from a north pole to a south pole.

* Earth's magnetic field originates deep within the Earth's core and behaves like a giant bar magnet.

* Since the magnetic field lines flow out of the Earth's core at the northern hemisphere, that region acts as the south magnetic pole because the magnetic field lines are going into the Earth at that location.

The same logic applies to the southern hemisphere - it has a north magnetic pole.