X-Message-Number: 13787 Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 22:46:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: 45 million year old trees get the chop A team of U.S. researchers is currently "investigating" a 45 million year old buried forest on Axel Heiberg island in the Canadian Arctic. Last year these Americans had became rather unpopular when they started to use chain saws on the buried tree stumps. That's right - chain saws. These are not fossilized trees remains, but instead they are mummified wooden tree stumps. Makes one think about how fleeting life can be, among other things. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13787