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Home Polar Regions The Arctic: Location & Geography The Arctic: Location & Geography The Arctic is named for the north polar constellation "Arktos"-Greek for "bear." It is 14.5 million square km (5.5 million square miles)-almost exactly the same size as Antarctica-and has been inhabited by humans for close to 20,000…
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