Pourquoi Pas

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Pourquoi Pas

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From French pourquoi pas (literally “why not”). Named by John Rymill, after Charcot's expedition ship, the Pourquoi-Pas ?.

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A mountainous island lying between Bigourdan Fjord and Bourgeois Fjord off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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@misc{pourquoi_pas_2026,
  title = {Pourquoi Pas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pourquoi%20pas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}