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In this chapter we briefly summarized current knowledge about the Cenozoic floras of the sub‐arctic North Atlantic. From the biogeographic point of view, two issues are of major importance within this temporal and geographical frame. First, how timely is the ‘Arcto‐Tertiary element’ (biogeographic) hypothesis of Engler? And second, how long into the Neogene did the NALB provide a functioning link for plant migration across the North Atlantic?