Cool theory! I just googled it and "Naming and etymology. Constantine John Phipps was the first to describe the polar bear as a distinct species in 1774 in his report about his 1773 expedition towards the North Pole. He chose the scientific name Ursus maritimus, the Latin for "maritime bear", due to the animal's native habitat. The Inuit refer to the animal as nanook (transliterated as nanuq in the Inupiat language)." woah!
Maybe the stars were named in relation to the polar bears!
Cool theory! I just googled it and "Naming and etymology. Constantine John Phipps was the first to describe the polar bear as a distinct species in 1774 in his report about his 1773 expedition towards the North Pole. He chose the scientific name Ursus maritimus, the Latin for "maritime bear", due to the animal's native habitat. The Inuit refer to the animal as nanook (transliterated as nanuq in the Inupiat language)." woah!