East Frozen Jungle

Unlike the jungles of last year, this one is not humid; its air is crisp and clear, without the moist, pounding heat that beats down on visitors to tropical rainforests. In many ways it looks the same as the Light Jungle, with its dark, relatively sparse trees and shrubs, but with one crucial difference: what would be rain at another latitude manifests here as snow. Because the flora is so spread out, icy precipitation reaches every level of the jungle. Many of the plants, doomed by their own thick foliage, catch the snow and are eventually suspended in perfect stasis. While this keeps fruits and other plant foods fresh, it doesn't make identification of safe plants any easier. Moreover, only the most resourceful creatures—and tributes—can survive here for long, so wanderers had better be just as capable.