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"Arctic" Means Bear, "Antarctic" Is "the Opposite of Bear": but It's Really Not because of Polar Bears

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If you visit Antarctica (the South Pole), you’ll find plenty of plump, slow-moving penguins, and one major reason they thrive there is that it’s a completely bear-free area. Polar bears, on the other hand, are found at the other end of the globe, at the North Pole (the Arctic), much to the delight of the penguins in the South who avoid them. So it makes perfect sense to learn that the word “Arctic” comes from the Greek word arktikós, meaning “re…
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If you visit Antarctica (the South Pole), you’ll find plenty of plump, slow-moving penguins, and one major reason they thrive there is that it’s a completely bear-free area. Polar bears, on the other hand, are found at the other end of the globe, at the North Pole (the Arctic), much to the delight of the penguins in the South who avoid them. So it makes perfect sense to learn that the word “Arctic” comes from the Greek word arktikós, meaning “re…

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וואלה! broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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