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The word “Arctic” is derived from the Greek word Arktos (‘bear’). In its Latin equivalent, this occurs in the names of two constellations — Ursa Major and Ursa Minor — which circle endlessly around the one fixed point in the heavens: Polaris,the North Polar Star.
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Przybylak, R. (2003). Introduction. In: The Climate of the Arctic. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0379-6_1
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