An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a shapeshifting monster in Filipino folklore usually possessing a combination of the traits of either a vampire, a ghoul, a warlock/witch, or different species of werebeast, or even all of them together. It is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories.
The North Pole is significantly warmer than the South Pole because it lies at sea level in the middle of the Arctic Ocean (albeit mostly frozen), where as the South Pole is significantly elevated on the frozen continent of Antarctic.
This geographic South Pole does not coincide with the magnetic South Pole, from which magnetic compasses point and which lies on the AdÃ©lie Coast (at about 66Â°00â² S, 139Â°06â² E; the magnetic pole moves about 8 miles [13 km] to the northwest each year).