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K.R. Callaway

Scientists discover pristine ancient forest frozen in time in Rocky Mountains

A whitebark pine subfossil revealed beneath a melting ice patch in the Yellowstone region.

Melting ice high up in the Rocky Mountains has revealed an impeccably preserved forest, frozen in time for thousands of years.

Beartooth Plateau, which sits at an altitude of over 10,000 feet (3,000 meters), is a barren, tundra-like landscape. But it hasn't always been that way; an ancient forest lies beneath layers of ice.

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