These images show near-record low 2016 Arctic Sea ice

Salon ^ | 17 September 2016

[Lorianne]

Photo of the endangered penquins of the ... arctic?

[Hot Tabasco]

There are no penguins in the “Arctic.”

Not quite sure what you meant by that statement. The "Arctic" is a generally accepted term for Antarctica...........

If that's the case, then the Arctic, aka, Antarctica, is indeed the home of penguins.......Antarctica lies at the south pole where there are lots of penguins but no polar bears.

Polar bears, on the other hand, live at the north pole where ironically enough, there are no penguins...........

Just sayin', no offense meant........

[Bartholomew Roberts]

I wonder what would happen if someone let loose 1000 penguins at Svalbard or Nunavut Islands near the North Pole.

Would any survive in five years?

[TigersEye]

The dearth of penguins in the Arctic really concerns me.

[Fungi]

The video at the site is 10 seconds long and shows the "Arctic" not the Antarctic, but yet they show a picture of penguins. Truth is not a value Salon exemplifies.

[ETL]

Newsbusters ought to get a hold of this. It’s the sort of thing they expose on a daily basis. That is, if they haven’t already?

http://www.newsbusters.org/

[PAR35]

The "Arctic" is a generally accepted term for Antarctica

Calling your bluff on that one. Citations to Greenpeace or other such groups not accepted.

[Romulus]

You still get peanuts? Some people have all the luck.

[Cold Heart]

Best get out your globe. Artic Circle and Antarctic Circle are distinctly different and at different ends of the planet.

[Romulus]

The arctic is the region associated with the ursine constellations. Arktos means bear, you know. And those constellations are invisible from Antarctica. So your bluff has been exposed.

[Ingtar]

I notice they only show pictures where the underwater volcanoes are raising the water temperature.

[Yaelle]

This means Santa Claus is speaking Spanish

[Eagles6]

According to the definition arctic is the area around the North Pole. Never heard it used for Antarctica.

Do you mean polar?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, they’re screwed. Just like the rest of us, LOL!

[douginthearmy]

In all fairness, the original article didn’t have any pictures of Penguins. Salon reposted the article and added the photo.

[ETL]

The "Arctic" is a generally accepted term for Antarctica.

"the North Pole is located in the middle of the Arctic Ocean"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole#Precise_definition

[ETL]

"Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, containing the geographic South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica

[FredZarguna]

I say the polar bears ate all the penguins.

Not quite all of them.

[Covenantor]

Geez, it almost sounds like they’re polar opposites.

[Bigg Red]

Not clicking on Salon, so please tell me, did they actually claim that there are penguins in the Arctic?

[FredZarguna]

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