• FundMECFS@lemmy.cafe
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        3 months ago

        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.

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          3 months ago

          But the bear referenced there is not the animal but the constellation…

          Arctic = towards the bear, so north

          Antarctic = the opposite (=ant[i]) direction