Hand Of Franklin

The Hand of Franklin is the passage that connects the Beaufort Sea with the rest of the Frozen Wastes. It is the coldest area of the Frozen Wastes, and yet the gateway is the warmest naturally formed area in all the land. The Hand of Franklin is also, quite literally, a hand that grows from the frozen ice in the straits just eastward of the Beaufort Sea. This strait leads to a sea-route that goes directly from The Frozen Wastes to The Golden Gateway, and this is how they make their trade routes. It is also how you get from here to Atlantis. Many people died while establishing this route system, and there is a cairn made of stone and bone devoted to this memory.

The Beaufort Sea is covered in a thin layer of ice which occasionally takes the shape of flowers and vines.