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The Arctic was an enclosed freshwater lake until about 38 million years ago

Washington, July 5 (ANI): An analysis by scientists has suggested that the Arctic was an enclosed freshwater lake until about 38 million years ago, when tectonic activity caused it to undergo a transition to an ocean.

Recent studies have suggested that beginning about 44 million years ago the Arctic underwent a transition from lake to ocean [...]