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.
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.