Pioneering drilling in Arctic pack iceInternational drilling project near the North Pole discovers evidence of warm temperatures and fresh water millions of years ago Alan Bailey Petroleum News Staff Writer
The artificial palm tree that someone once placed on the shore of Endicott Island, off Alaska’s North Slope, might not be quite as out of place as it might appear. It seems that about 55 million years ago surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean reached about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Not only that — a....
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