Great Bear

Ironically, the word Arctic comes from the ancient Greeks, who understood that the northernmost part of the earth lay under the stars of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Although unaware of the polar bear, they called this region Arktikos, which means the country of the great bear. ... 

Heavy mineral and till geochemical signatures of the NICO Co-Au-Bi deposit, Great Bear magmatic zone, Northwest Territories, Canada... 

Fig. 1. The Great Bear magmatic zone in the Wopmay orogen and known mineralization. The NICO deposit is located in the southern part of the GBMZ.

Moore JW, Sutherland DJ. 1981. Distribution of heavy metals and radionuclides in sediments, water, and fish in an area of Great Bear Lake contaminated with mine wastes. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 10 329-338. 

Radium occurs in pitchblende, and in camolile along with uranium. Radium was first obtained from the uranium residues of pitchblende of. loachimsthal. the Czech Republic and Slovakia, later from carnotite of southwestern Colorado and eastern Utah. Richer ores have been found in Republic of Congo and in the Great Bear region of northwestern Canada. 

Vein deposits 10,000-30,000 Canada (near Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Tenitoiy) Western United States France Germany Russia Africa Australia China... 

Many foods are composed of colloidally dispersed phases. The colloidal properties have a great bearing on their texture, appearance, and stability against separation. Examples suspensions (chocolate), emulsions (milk), foams (ice-cream), and gels (mayonnaise). 

The Big Dipper, an easy to see constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere, was known to the ancient Greeks as the Bear and the Wagon and to the Romans as Ursa Major (the Great Bear). 

Senftle, F.E., 1946. Relation of conductivity and total solid content of lake water to its radium content, Great Bear Lake region. Trans. Can. Inst. Min, Metall., 49 439-446. 

Canada, 79, 92, 113, 250, 312, 387, 393 Alberta, 222 British Columbia, 411 Anyox, 402 Manitoba, 336 Boggy Lake, 347 Newfoundland Labrador, 330, 375 Northwest Territories Great Bear Lake, 362 Ontario, 336 Bancroft, 359, 363, 365 Elliott Lake, 330 Ottawa, 332, 363 Toronto, 258 Quebec... 

At least 16 different GABA receptors have so far been identified in rodent brain. The subunit composition of the receptors has great bearing on the rcspon.se to ben/odia/e-pines and other ligands. Must receptors consist of a. /3. and ycombinations. Of these, ai. fis. and Yi are most common. Other highly expressed combinations are a2, fis. and of2< Ih-... 

Mineral Cinch Lake Jahala Lake Beaverlodge Lake Great Bear Lake Eagle Mine Belgian Congo... 

The Great Bear, otherwise known as the Great Chariot, Arktos, the Big Dipper and Charlie s Wain is the most prominent constellation in the Northern Hemisphere. 

Each night the Great Bear s seven principal stars pivot around the axis of the North Pole. This axis is now located near the star Polaris but six thousand years ago the star Dracos was the axis. Dracos, the Arthurian dragon, lies in between the two Bears so that the Bears appeared to dance around the pole as the earth rotated. 

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