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# Why Are There Stone Tree Trunks in the Arctic?
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/extras/why-are-there-stone-tree-trunks-in-the-arctic-4tlazq/
- Published: 2025-07-03T16:30:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-03T17:00:09.000Z
- Description: Fifty-million years ago these rocks were trees and this Arctic tundra was a steamy swap.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.6, #ZZZ_Extra_e5fdfbf4-180f-4369-834c-1c122dfbdc7a, #extra

Ellesmere Island, high in the Canadian Arctic, is only 800 miles from the North Pole. 50-million years ago, the treeless hillside would have been completely different.