The name Arctic has nothing to do with the presence of bears, it got its name from either of the two star constellations Ursa Major or Ursa Minor (Edit: meaning big and small bear), where ursa is arctos in Greek, which are both present in the northern hemisphere and tge latter even contains the celestial north pole.
I think you are trying to say “well duh, of course they were dead on. The stars literally aligned and told them that.”
And I imagine Antarctic has some relation to being the antipodean arctic
But is the presence if Ursa not the presence of bears?
The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός arktikos “near the Bear, northern”[4] and from the word ἄρκτος arktos meaning “bear,” named for either the constellation known as Ursa Major, the “Great Bear”, which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere,[5][6] or the constellation Ursa Minor, the “Little Bear”, which contains the celestial north pole (currently very near Polaris, the current north Pole Star, or North Star).[7]
Why do you think Ursa Major was in the northern sky? To the ancient Greeks, bears were things that lived in the north.
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The north pole pole has the presents of the bears. The south is the opposite, anti-polaric bears should be everywhere. Hence the mystery of bearyonic asymmetry.
What kind of presents do bears give?
They come bearing gifts
With their bear hands.
And bear bottoms
And bushy beards
Dude haven’t you seen the Coke Christmas commercials?
Just think; It could have been “No Penguins” and “Penguins”.
Even though penguins still face plenty of other hazards, I’m glad that the bears and penguins aren’t on the same one.
Pretty funny but not really wholesome
I think there’s an argument to be made that it’s also not at all funny
Or accurate.
Antarctica did get the next best thing though: leopard seals.
So you’re fine as long as you don’t unseal the leopards.
So penguins are anti-bears.
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