Lore:Ice Fields

Broken Cape
Type	Region
Continent	Tamriel
Province	Skyrim
Appears in	Skyrim

Septimus Signus' outpost in the Ice Fields

The Ice Fields (also called the Winterhold Glaciers)^[1]^:142 are a region of glacial fields found along the coast of Winterhold, in the province of Skyrim. The glaciers are found on the mainland around Alftand, Saarthal, and Frostflow Lighthouse surrounded mostly by the Winterhold Mountains, with other glaciers found around the capital going east. The ice fields continue in the Sea of Ghosts through a series of arctic permafrost-covered glacial islands and icebergs along the Northern Coast, some meeting the Broken Cape. Glaciers on the mainland allow access to the sea through steep glacial canyons. Many adventurers perish in the glacial fields that surround the city.^[1]

Geography[edit]

The edges of Winterhold Hold are less rocky and more glacial and feature a variety of lonely and lost barrows, including one said to be the tomb of the legendary warrior and founder of the Companions, Ysgramor. Half buried in the snow that blasts up the glacial valleys is a Shrine to Talos.^[1] The "active, moving" glaciers are able to preserve many things, including ancient mammoths,^[1] and entire ruins like Alftand.^[2]