Bedrock: Earth's Earliest History

43: Postcards From the Edge

Aug 13, 2025 · 30 min · 36.4 MB
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In 1971, two geologists traveled to the edge of Greenland's ice sheet. What they found were the oldest rocks known at the time, 3.8-3.7 billion years old.

Shockingly, they were in decent condition, sparking a half-century of geology stories. Today we'll begin our tour of Isua, the final destination of Season 2. Along the way, we'll meet a Holocaust survivor who landed on top of the world, visit an iron mine surrounded by glaciers, and start to meet the highest-quality rocks of this season.

Extra Credit: Eat some candy, some shrimp, or some Indian food.

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