A setting pole or quant (quant pole) is a pole, handled by a crew member, to move boats, barges (in which case it is also called a barge pole) or punts...

90°N 0°E / 90°N 0°E / 90; 0 The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in...

Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole vault world records. This new rule was not applied retroactively...

small watercraft using a setting pole Poling, West Sussex, England Poling, Indiana, U.S. Poling, West Virginia, U.S. Poling Preceptory, a priory in West...

personal water craft) Fan (hovercraft, air boat) Man (rowing, paddling, setting pole etc.) Wind (sailing) A boat displaces its weight in water, regardless...

with setting circles requires: Polar alignment – The telescope must be aligned with either the north celestial pole or the south celestial pole. Polaris...

not have a cross piece at the top, and from the more generally used setting pole in that it only has a metal shoe on one end. Punting is not as easy as...

Pole sitting is the practice of sitting on top of a pole (such as a flagpole) as a test of endurance. A small platform is typically placed at the top of...

other creatures familiar to many fantasy/role-playing settings. The development of the setting began with the release of a game simply called 'Warhammer'...

totem pole is rarely done using modern methods, even for poles installed in modern settings. Most artists use a traditional method followed by a pole-raising...

sexual, non-sexual, and athletic settings. K.T. Coates, a famed competitive pole dancer, and the International Pole Sports Federation, are currently promoting...

flows past Tupper Lake village. Water in Raquette Pond is held back by Setting Pole Dam, which is located on the river near the southwestern boundary of...

usgs. 1998. Retrieved 18 April 2017. data "Raquette River History: Setting Pole and Piercefield Dams -". 2013-05-28. "The National Map". U.S. Geological...

propelling oneself on a floating platform with the help of a paddle or setting pole traces back thousands of years and across many continents in the form...

compete for either of the Drivers' and Teams' Championships, despite setting pole positions in Hong Kong (with Piquet) and Mexico City (with Turvey). NEXTEV...

second pole position of the season in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, ahead of Joshua Dürksen and Gabriel Bortoleto. Kush Maini started on pole position...

The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under...

O'Brady became the fastest person to complete the Three Poles Challenge in May 2016, setting the current record in 131 days as part of his successful...

justified their status as the team to beat. Hamilton took pole position in a last lap effort while setting a new track record of 1:10.166 s, beating Bottas by...

The men's pole vault at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 5 August 2024 at Stade de France. This was the 30th time that the event was contested...

keelboat could be propelled by oars, sails, poles and towlines. When using the setting poles, the crew put the poles in the bottom of the river and pushed off...

line-up which won the 12 Hours of Sebring in the new Audi R10 TDI diesel, setting pole position and breaking the lap record. In 2008, McNish won the 24 Hours...

Sportsline) occupied the first four places on the grid, with Marco Werner setting pole at 8:24.753 with a new record average speed of 181 km/h (112 mph). With...

then fastest lap of any circuit in Formula 1 history during qualifying, setting pole position at Monza for the Italian Grand Prix (on a track that favours...

. Therefore, setting u _ = − K x _ {\displaystyle {\underline {u}}=-\mathbf {K} {\underline {x}}} forces the closed-loop poles to the desired locations...

A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place. The festivals may...

— Wilfred Thesiger Taradas are traditionally propelled by poling using a type of setting pole called a marda (مردى). In deeper water, oars made from wood...

Ice Shelf) before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, led by Amundsen, became the first to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911...

Juan Manuel Fangio and Hans Herrmann were second and third, with Fangio setting pole position and fastest lap. This was Mercedes' only participation in a...

the South Pole through the Transantarctic Mountains via the Shackleton then Zaneveld glaciers. The expedition covers 1425 km in 84 days setting off 4 November...