Event
Floating Ice
The spread of winter and lower temperatures have affected the vital passages that ships use to ferry goods to and from Icelandic Coast. The progress of the ice seems to be ever-expanding and the entire island is seemingly besieged by walls of white.
The fishermen and whalers who usually cross these waters report that the icebergs around the island no longer retreat with the arrival of spring, making the area dangerous to cross all year round.
Definitionin_game/events/situations/little_ice_age.txt:185
186type = country_event
187category = situation_event
188title = winter_events.5.title Floating Ice
189desc = winter_events.5.desc The spread of winter and lower temperatures have affected the vital passages that ships use to ferry goods to and from Icelandic Coast. The progress of the ice seems to be ever-expanding and the entire island is seemingly besieged by walls of white.
The fishermen and whalers who usually cross these waters report that the icebergs around the island no longer retreat with the arrival of spring, making the area dangerous to cross all year round.
The fishermen and whalers who usually cross these waters report that the icebergs around the island no longer retreat with the arrival of spring, making the area dangerous to cross all year round.
190outcome = neutral
191historical_info = winter_events.5.historical_info During the Little Ice Age, Iceland's coastlines often became choked with drifting sea ice, especially from the 17th century onwards. This ice, swept down from the Arctic, would often linger well into summer, cutting off vital fishing and trade routes.
With supply ships blocked, the island faced prolonged periods of isolation and hardship, struggling through food shortages and economic strain. The sea did not freeze over entirely, but the ice made Iceland's already tough existence even more difficult during those colder centuries.
With supply ships blocked, the island faced prolonged periods of isolation and hardship, struggling through food shortages and economic strain. The sea did not freeze over entirely, but the ice made Iceland's already tough existence even more difficult during those colder centuries.
192image = "gfx/interface/illustrations/situation/little_ice_age.dds"
193fire_only_once = yes
194trigger = {
195has_presence_in = area:iceland_area
196location:reydarfjordur.area = {
196has_extended_winter = yes
}
}
199major = yes
200major_trigger = {
201has_discovered = location:reydarfjordur
}
204immediate = {
205province_definition:icelandic_coast_province = {
206every_location_in_province_definition = {
}
213random_location_in_province_definition = {
213save_scope_as = target_location
}
}
}