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A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers that dinosaurs thrived in the unlikeliest of places—the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive year-round and raise their young in frigid and dark winter conditions?

Intrepid paleontologists discover that dinosaurs thrived in the Arctic’s cold and dark.

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Alaskan Dinosaurs

Fossilized feces remains indicate that herbivorous dinosaurs living in the North may have eaten rotten wood—and the insects living in it—to survive winter.

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Scientists in Alaska discover the remains of seven different dinosaur species in the earliest stages of their development. Could baby dinosaurs have hatched in the Arctic and migrated thousands of miles with their parents to avoid polar winter?

70 million years ago, several species of dinosaur nested in the Arctic.

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During the Cretaceous, Alaska was even farther north than it is today and part of the state would have experienced four months of total darkness.

During the winter months, food for the plant eaters would have withered or died.

What Did Dinosaurs in Alaska Eat During Winter?

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A team of intrepid paleontologists discovers dinosaurs that thrived in the unlikeliest of places—the cold and dark of winter in the Arctic Circle. How did they survive year-round and raise their young in frigid and dark winter conditions? A dinosaur expedition explores a remote, treacherous, and stormy terrain where the team knows that every bone they find there will likely be a first, adding up to a unique picture of a lost northern world.

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University of Colorado at Boulder

Paleontologist, University of Alaska Museum

Intrepid paleontologists discover dinosaurs that thrived in the Arctic’s cold and dark.

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Did Some Dinosaurs Breed in the Arctic?

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A student’s curiosity might change how we classify dinosaurs

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