Answer by Mon for How would an extremely long winter affect an area?
Polar Desert. See link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_desertAs stated by the first poster the only life inside your kingdom aside from mosses and lichens on exposed (ice free) surfaces and in...
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If your kingdom has been in continual ice and snow for 153 years, the only life (wild or otherwise) lives close enough to the borders to get its food and water from outside, or is huddled around a...
View ArticleAnswer by Richard Kirk for How would an extremely long winter affect an area?
Quick answer: here's what one year might do. This was 1816 and the winder followed the explosion of Mount Tambora. We have found mammoths that have been frozen to death with their last meal still in...
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In my world, a specific area of land has been cursed into an eternal winter. The story takes place in a kingdom that is surrounded by deciduous forests similar to ones in north america, and the eternal...
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It would be quiet the achievement, but in theory, a small wandering tribe could prepare a "road" of resources in the summer/good years for the winter years. The tribe would then circle back, using up...
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This depends wildly on the level of technology. If we assume a 21st level of technology, the transition would be hard and probably involve reliance on neighbours or famine, but the situation may...
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Magic-eaters are the new autotrophsI am assuming that the eternal winter you're thinking of is more like winter in the arctic than winter in the tropics.With no spring, the last natural plant died a...
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How cold is this winter? Are we talking somewhere around 0°C? -10°C? -30°C? Knowing the specific temperatures would be useful here. I assume it's below freezing considering you mentioned that ice and...
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