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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 89 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTARCTIC (Gr. &vri, opposite, and apKTos, the
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Bear, the
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northern
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constellation of Ursa
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Major)  , the epithet applied to the region (including both the ocean and the lands)
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round the
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South
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Pole . The
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Antarctic circle is
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drawn at 66° 3o' S., but polar conditions of
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climate, &c., extend considerably
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north of the
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area thus enclosed .

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