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Pink beaches and icebergs in Canada's ancient, alien landscapes

The exposed peridotite is rich in metals toxic to most plants, leaving only sparse arctic cotton grass and insect-eating species.

DEER LAKE, Canada — Geologist Kirsten Oravec is in her element. "This is a walk on the Earth's mantle. These are wonderfully strange rocks," she says, marveling at the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park. The Earth's mantle, normally hidden…

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Pink beaches and icebergs in Canada's ancient, alien landscapes

DEER LAKE, Canada — Geologist Kirsten Oravec is in her element. "This is a walk on the Earth's mantle. These are wonderfully strange rocks," she says, marveling at the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park. The Earth's mantle, normally hidden…

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