Reminds me of that one SG-1 episode where they can’t get the gate to work and Carter leaves the cave to see a frozen tundra. She comes back in and says they’re stuck on an ice planet.
They later find out it was a second gate lost on earth in Antarctica.
Oh, it’s been decades since I read it. According to the internets the novel does mention small polar regions but I don’t remember them. What’s the major plot point?
The north polar area is where Arrakeen and other settlements are. They are the more pleasant areas, they only have to close up during the hotter parts of the day.
The equator is where the constant sand storms occur that are “impassable”. One thing I didn’t realize, Arrakis isn’t large, it’s about the size of the Moon, but more dense, so the gravity is about 0.9 of Earth.
And only has one biome.
“You call it a desert planet, but we have other regions, ya know!”
Reminds me of that one SG-1 episode where they can’t get the gate to work and Carter leaves the cave to see a frozen tundra. She comes back in and says they’re stuck on an ice planet.
They later find out it was a second gate lost on earth in Antarctica.
I love the out-take from that episode where she tells RDA “C’mon, seven years on MacGuyver and you can’t figure something out?!”
You used to be McGuyver McGadget MdGimmick and now you’re Mr McUseless
There it is.
It seems like they had so much fun on set. Imagine working with frickin’ MacGuyver!
Come to think of it, Dune could have polar regions that are fairly pleasant.
It’s a major plot point. Only the Fremen live outside polar areas.
Oh, it’s been decades since I read it. According to the internets the novel does mention small polar regions but I don’t remember them. What’s the major plot point?
The north polar area is where Arrakeen and other settlements are. They are the more pleasant areas, they only have to close up during the hotter parts of the day.
The equator is where the constant sand storms occur that are “impassable”. One thing I didn’t realize, Arrakis isn’t large, it’s about the size of the Moon, but more dense, so the gravity is about 0.9 of Earth.