This month in history: Pioneering drilling in Arctic pack ice

20 years ago: International drilling project near the North Pole discovers evidence of warm temperatures and fresh water millions of years ago

Alan Bailey

Petroleum News Staff Writer

Editor's note: This story first appeared in the Oct. 30, 2005, issue of Pe-troleum News. 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 surfac....

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