50-million-year-old log found at Diavik

50-million-year-old log found at Diavik

Discovery offers glimpse into a time when the Far North was forested. After two decades of unearthing gem-quality diamonds from billion-year-old volcanic rock beneath the Northwest Territories' tundra, miners at the Diavik diamond mine have uncovered a different kind of buried treasure – a remarkably preserved 136-kilogram (300 pounds) redwood log, entombed 240 meters underground in a kimberl...