Antarctic birches
Forests used to rustle in the Antarctic, according to Soviet research workers who have studied the geological pattern of the area near the Bellingshausen Antarctic station. They found a big collection of plants amassed by nature. The scientists brought some of their finds to Leningrad, including 30 samples of petrified tree trunks and two imprints of leaves.' The trees resemble the southern birch - tree, beech and some coniferous species. The discovery proves that forests grew jn the Antarctic 10,000,000 years ago, and the climate there was like it is now in the moderate zone. —Novosti.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32589, 24 April 1971, Page 13
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