Greenland on the move Source: NASA Visualization Explorer 100 million years ago, Greenland was on the move. On its tectonic plate, it travelled from a more southern location northward to its current Arctic position, and along the way passed over a mantle plume or hotspot that left a record of its journey in Greenland's rocks. Read more.
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