Are we still talking about poles?
The answer is yes!

I want you to know I understand the genius of this

"Top" and "Bottom".

So there's no sky bears in Antarctica then?

Sure but it's also convenient that there are also no bears in Antarctica or as it shouldve been named Terra Australus but the Australian got that, really should've flipped the names when we had the chance.

Aww, I was annoyed but overall cheerful, then I read this and now I'm just sad.

I guess you have at least simplified my emotional spectrum, so ... Thanks?

The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός arktikos "near the Bear, northern" and from the word ἄρκτος arktos meaning "bear" for either to the constellation known as Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear", which contains the celestial north pole (currently very near Polaris, the current north Pole Star, or North Star).

The arctic isn't named after polar bears, but after the greek bear constellations which hold the north star. And the Antarctica is named after being the opposite of where the bear constellations are. It's just a coincidence that the correct one has bears and the correct one doesn't.

kinda, not really

arctic, from ancient greek ἀρκτικός did mean "of the bear" originally, probably as a reference to the constellation (cause i don’t think the ancient greeks ever went to the arctic to confirm if there were bears or not)

antarctica doesn’t mean "no bears", it means "the opposite of the arctic"

the truth is less fun, but i guess you could still view arctic as "bear place" and antarctica as "not the bear place" and that’s still kinda funny i think

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Pinkouinos / antipinkouinos ?

There used to be a penguin like animal in the north, the Auk. Hunted to extinction.

Wait until you find out about Greenland and Iceland!

if you dig deep enough that's what almost all place names are, and as stupid as it feels it's a great way to make fantasy place names feel not stupid.

There are a series of cities on the northeastern coast of sweden that all lie near the mouth of a long river, and those cities are quite literally named [Name of the river valley]-stream, while the rivers themselves are named [Name of the river valley]-river. It's so profoundly stupid and yet no one ever thinks about it at all.
Luleå, on Lule älv. Piteå, on Pite älv. Umeå, on Ume älv. Etc etc..

It could be a bastardization of moorland, a type of shrubby biome similar to heath

How come no places are called No Wolves or No Lions or No Tigers?

Salt water crocodiles absolutely will hunt humans.

We could accidentally release some polar bears in Antarctica, guess they could survive there.