It is neither a stick or a branch. It is a limb.
@gem7: Well played.
I've already been to the south (see below) so I guess I'd rather try the north (Svaa lbard to be precise).
Perhaps it doesn't need to be polarizing
https://odysee.com/@PBSSpaceTime-unofficial:a/why-magnetic-monopoles-should-exist:8
Switching Polarity
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14090273/North-Pole-heading-Russia-scientists-baffled.html
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/flip-flop-why-variations-in-earths-magnetic-field-arent-causing-todays-climate-change/