It’s actually bears. The north is named by the Greeks after the Ursa Major constellation in the north literally “big bear”. So it’s the bear place. While the south is the opposite of the bears.
Happy coincidence it ended up matching polar bear ranges.
You’re absolutely correct, I was riffing on the commonly mentioned fact you said. Similar to the “mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell.” meme people mention often.
Arctic actually means land without penguins, and Antarctic means land with penguins.
It’s actually bears. The north is named by the Greeks after the Ursa Major constellation in the north literally “big bear”. So it’s the bear place. While the south is the opposite of the bears.
Happy coincidence it ended up matching polar bear ranges.
You’re absolutely correct, I was riffing on the commonly mentioned fact you said. Similar to the “mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell.” meme people mention often.
its the other way round for bears i think
Bear without penguins and bear with penguins? I’m no bearologist but I don’t think that’s right.
But the bear referenced there is not the animal but the constellation…
Arctic = towards the bear, so north
Antarctic = the opposite (=ant[i]) direction
There aren’t many bears on Lemmy, though, so we don’t need to use their terminology.
So for bears Arctic means land with penguins
Doesn’t ‘ant’ mean not and ‘arc’ is without? So it’s really closer to ‘without penguins’ and ‘not without penguins’
“Arktos” is greek for bear.
The arctis is the region towards the bear, meaning the constellation so north… while the antarctis is the opposite direction (ant(i) = opposite).
grok is this true