Here's why the earth wobbles.  From Nebelspalter, 1909.

From L'Assiette au Beurre, 1901.

From Kladderadatsch, 1926.

The new year offers gifts of the north pole and a flying machine.  From The Judge, 1909.

An eerily accurate depiction of what goes on at the North Pole.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1926.

From Le Rire, 1908.

One of our favorite early theories concerning the North Pole is the guardian bear/cat of the great spoon.  From Jugend, 1924.

Aurora skates with polar bears at the North Pole.  From Harper's Young People, 1887.

A scene like this would have been welcome in our crayon-optional Minimalist Coloring Book.  "On the Northern ice," from The Shape of Fear, and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia Wilkinson Peattie, 1898.

Here's a blank map of the North Pole, from Andy's Adventures on Noah's Ark by Douglas Zabriskie Doty, 1902.

Here's a stack of British coins reaching to the pole star, from English Illustrated, 1897.

"The North Pole was made of peppermint candy."  From Andy's Adventures on Noah's Ark by Douglas Zabriskie Doty, 1902