\Header{polar}{Pole Positions of New Caledonian Laterites}
\keyword{datasets}{polar}
\begin{Description}\relax
The \code{polar} data frame has 50 rows and 2 columns.


The data are the pole positions from a paleomagnetic study of New Caledonian
laterites.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}
data(polar)
\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Format}\relax
This data frame contains the following columns:


\describe{
\item[\code{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.

\item[\code{long}] The longitude (in degrees) of the pole position.
}
\end{Format}
\begin{Source}\relax
The data were obtained from


Fisher, N.I., Lewis, T. and Embleton, B.J.J. (1987) 
\emph{Statistical Analysis of Spherical Data}. Cambridge University Press.
\end{Source}
\begin{References}\relax
Davison, A.C. and Hinkley, D.V. (1997) 
\emph{Bootstrap Methods and Their Application}. Cambridge University Press.
\end{References}

