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# Steamboat in the Desert
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nick-rocks/episode/steamboat-in-the-desert-xq0jyy/
- Published: 2024-03-30T00:45:29.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-12T19:29:26.000Z
- Description: How did giant Steamboat Rock survive powerful Ice Age forces?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Nick on the Rocks, Season 3, Episode 2, #ZZZ_Episode_0b75a54e-9c59-4a93-8b55-59b14d467aa4, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_fb43f9d5-44f4-411a-854a-568025965642, #v1.16

How did giant Steamboat Rock survive the powerful Ice Age forces that formed the Grand Coulee? Find out how ancient ice sheets and catastrophic floods carved one of the Northwest’s most iconic monuments.