About 55 million years ago, the Arctic was downright tropical Wed May 31 2006 11:39:53 ET
Scientists have found what might have been the ideal ancient vacation spot -- smack in the middle of the Arctic!
First-of-its-kind core samples dug up from deep beneath the Arctic Ocean floor show that 55 million years ago an area near the North Pole was practically a subtropical paradise, three new studies show.
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