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[Jess]

Any new questions????

[Tawa]

Originally Posted by Jess

Any new questions????

I don't have a question, but I do have an information.

- Threads such as this one are called "Did You Know?" and not "Do You Know?"

Thank You {Abousoun®}

[Ingrid]

Who knows why they called the noth pole and the south pole Arctic and Antarctic? ( i've just discovered it while reading a book )

[Kenny5]

Originally Posted by Ingrid

Who knows why they called the noth pole and the south pole Arctic and Antarctic? ( i've just discovered it while reading a book )

arctic= above
antarctic= below ?????

[Ingrid]

Nope not really

[Kain]

the word arctic is related to the big bear constallation that indicates geographical north.

Antarctic ---> opposite of north.

[Ingrid]

Well, in the book they said that Polar bears (and not the constellation) gave the Arctic its name. Arktos is Greek for bear. Antarctica has no polar bears, so they call it Anti-Arktos.
You were right that it had something related to bears

[Kain]

Originally Posted by Ingrid

Well, in the book they said that Polar bears (and not the constellation) gave the Arctic its name. Arktos is Greek for bear. Antarctica has no polar bears, so they call it Anti-Arktos.
You were right that it had something related to bears

I just learned that I should learn to use google more often

Arctic A region surrounding the North Pole which takes its name from the Greek arktikos ‘northern’, which itself comes from arktos ‘bear’. In Greek mythology Zeus placed the nymph Callisto in the northern hemisphere in the shape of a bear and thus this particular star constellation was named by the Greeks Ursa Major ‘Great Bear’. Close by is Ursa Minor ‘Little Bear’, which includes Polaris, the pole star, which marks the approximate position of the north celestial pole.

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Thanks for the correction

[Ingrid]

Originally Posted by Kain

I just learned that I should learn to use google more often

Arctic A region surrounding the North Pole which takes its name from the Greek arktikos ‘northern’, which itself comes from arktos ‘bear’. In Greek mythology Zeus placed the nymph Callisto in the northern hemisphere in the shape of a bear and thus this particular star constellation was named by the Greeks Ursa Major ‘Great Bear’. Close by is Ursa Minor ‘Little Bear’, which includes Polaris, the pole star, which marks the approximate position of the north celestial pole.

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Thanks for the correction

hahaha I thought that in this thread you should try to answer without googling the answer
anyways thanks for the correction, I was just sharing what I read in the book...we should let Dan Brown know about this

[Kain]

Originally Posted by Ingrid

hahaha I thought that in this thread you should try to answer without googling the answer
anyways thanks for the correction, I was just sharing what I read in the book...we should let Dan Brown know about this

you know i pasted this to show you that you were right and i was reading it again after i saw your post w 2elet l3ama...i was right

let's call it a tie