From their website:
Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus)
Zoo collection includes: Gus and Ida, both born in late 1985 at a facility in Buffalo, New York. They have been at the Central Park Zoo since it opened in August of 1988 and are two of its biggest stars.
Found in the wild: Along the coasts and inland streams and lakes of Alaska and Canada, Greenland, Norway and Siberia. The Greek word Arktos, meaning “bear”, is the origin of the Arctic name. Antarctica means “no bears”, so do not believe those commercials that feature a polar bear and a penguin together. It just isn’t true, they live on opposite ends of the earth.The more you know! DING. Antarctica means NO BEARS. Honestly? Screw you, Antarctica. I love me some bears. I LOVE BEARS.
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Antarctica= From the Greek ant- (αντί) which mean against/opposite to something and Arctic.
Thus Antarctica means opposite to the Arctic not "no bears".
The Arctic definition is correct.
well the opposite of bears would be "no bears"
Arctic meaning bear and Antarctic meaning not bear does not refer to Polar Bears.
It refers to the northern pole being underneath the constellation Ursa Major, The Great Bear. (Often referred to as The Big Dipper) Therefore, the southern pole is not under Ursa Major, so is known as Antarctic, not bear.
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