{"id":1683,"date":"2025-12-24T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-advent.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T07:53:16","slug":"24-which-pole-is-stable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-advent.com\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"24 &#8211; Which pole is stable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/control-advent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/poles.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a.&nbsp;\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83c\udf84\ud83d\uddfa\ufe0f What do I know?! I thought this advent calendar is about control and not geography?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">b.&nbsp;\ud83d\udcd0\ud83e\udde0\ud83e\udded Of course, NP = Not stable Pole and SP = Stable Pole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">c.&nbsp;\ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udd25\ud83e\uddca Due to global warming, the ice at the north pole is melting (unstable), whereas Antarctica is a continent and cannot melt away (stable).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">d.&nbsp;\ud83d\udcc9\ud83d\udcc8\u2699\ufe0f Of course, the north pole is unstable because it is located in the right half plane, whereas the south pole in the left half plane is stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">e.&nbsp;\ud83c\udf00\u2795\u2796 In any case, with these two poles, the world would be complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">f.\u00a0\ud83d\udcda\ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83c\udf93\u23f3 I&#8217;m unsure about this, so I&#8217;m planning to take some control courses in 2026 to 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