lat
| The latitude (in degrees) of the pole position. Note that all latitudes are negative as the axis is taken to be in the lower hemisphere. |
long
| The longitude (in degrees) of the pole position. |
polar
data frame has 50 rows and 2 columns.
The data are the pole positions from a paleomagnetic study of New Caledonian laterites.
Fisher, N.I., Lewis, T. and Embleton, B.J.J. (1987) Statistical Analysis of Spherical Data. Cambridge University Press.