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Why are the Artic and Antartic regions called so?

  1. Artic stands for north and antartic for south in the language of the Eskimos

  2. Artic is the land of bears and Antartic the land without bears

  3. Antartic means the land of penguins and Artic means the land without penguins

  4. Artic means the land of Aurora Polaris and Antartic means the land of Aurora Australis
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Explanation

The Arctic takes its name from 'Arktikos,' Greek for 'bear' (referring to the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear, or polar bears found there). The Antarctic means 'anti-Arctic' or 'opposite the Arctic.' The Arctic is associated with bears (polar bears), while the Antarctic has no bears (and is instead known for penguins).

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