Map A.08 - Arctic

Incomplete Map. Arctic region reaching from 82.34°N south to 72.51°N, utterly undiscovered by civilisation. Includes a small section of coastline of the New World. The Arctic Ocean is an almost completely landlocked body of water in the far north of the world. The ocean is a vast waste of pack ice, formed during the winter, spring and fall months. In the summer, icebergs cluster together, steadily moving from west to east in this part. Little marine life is supported, but in the late summer, Chinese junks enter these waters in search of whales.

Hexes are 20 miles in diameter. Total area depicted equals 366,450 sq.m.

Arctic Ocean

Beyond the Evenk and Naggirjuaq seas, the Arctic stretches into an endless and unbroken expanse of ice and shifting water. Here, the world is defined by a cold that never fully relents, where the horizon is often obscured by mist, storm or the heavy crush of ice floes grinding against one another. The air is sharp, filled with the scent of salt and frozen spray, and the wind moves ceaselessly, carving ridges into the ice and carrying the cries of distant seabirds that circle far above.

In the summer months, the ice pulls back in places, revealing black waters, slick and restless beneath a low sun that never fully sets. Icebergs, massive and ancient, drift silently, their surfaces sculpted by wind and time into strange and jagged forms. Some are flat and endless, others rise like great white cliffs, shadowing the waves below. Even in these moments of partial thaw, the sea remains treacherous, the ice shifting unpredictably, closing passages as quickly as they appear.

In winter, the ocean hardens into a vast and motionless plain, where the ice stretches beyond sight and the silence is absolute. Here, only the deep groaning of the frozen sea, the distant howl of wind and the occasional crack of shifting ice break the stillness. The world glows under a pale and ghostly light, the sun no more than a dim ember on the horizon, or absent entirely, leaving only darkness and the whisper of snow sweeping over the ice. It is a place of relentless cold, where few dare to tread, and those who do must contend with a world that does not welcome them.

Adjacent Maps

A7: Evenk Sea	A8: Arctic	A9: Melville
B10: Bering Strait	B11: Alaska	B12: Yukon

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