Show Remains of Ancient Ocean Creatures Found in Alaska D. C.-The Brooks mountains of northern Alaska remain probably the least explored region under the American They are North America's northern An exploration of parts of these mountains was carried out last And In the rocks of the mountains the explorers found forms of strange sea creatures living million years Throughout the quiet period of the planet's known as the the rocks of these mountains were at the bottom of a shallow Then the dominant or at least the most abundant creatures were closely related to the sea lilies of the present This was the heyday of these curious animals who for the most attached by stems to the sea bottom's A thick strata of the mountains are today made up of broken fragments or skeletons of the The explorers found themselves in a region of unexcelled natural In the mountains are great glacial their floors covered with mosses and stunted They may be carpeted with flowers during the brief summer when the temperatures range from 30 to 70 degrees All around tower barren foot Farther south they rise to The only human inhabitants are two small groups of inland the only remnants of these hunting Bear and caribou are The Brooks range extends westward from the Bering sea into It has many with tha eastern slopes of the It Is one of the earth's great |