Southern Ocean
440 million years hence
In the early Ultimozoic, the Southern Ocean is the largest body of water in the world, with the South Pole distanced hundreds of miles from the nearest landmass. The surface of this vast ocean is a volatile place, battered by hypercanes in the summers and sea squalls in the winter. The deeper sea is a safer place. Too deep to see the light of the sun, minerals released by hydrothermal vents sustain a bizarre ecosystem, a surreal mix of old and new.
| ← Nanshe Sea, 400 myh | Zephyr, 520 myh → |