==how could the mammoths be wiped out in the Flood and then still be found in post-Flood ice age times?
If Mammoths are members of the same kind as elephants (which were of course taken aboard the Ark), I don’t see this as a problem.
==And if mammoths were on the ark, and the Ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat, how did mammoths get to North America?
I have never looked into this specific issue, so I consulted a globe. It seems to me, if the ice-age in question enlarged the ice in the arctic regions, that would give the descendents of the animals and the people of the Ark direct access to North America simply by traveling north from the Ararat Mtns.
They are not. They are a distinct species - Mammoths had long, curled tusks and were covered with dense hair.
that would give the descendents of the animals and the people of the Ark direct access to North America simply by traveling north from the Ararat Mtns.
Yeah, grazing animals can survive a trek of a thousand miles over barren ice.