Melting Ice Area

Numbing cold grips Ian and Altos as they reinforce the nearby ice bridge with logs, their hands slowed by frost. Susan and Sabetha head here to monitor the ice's slow thaw, but their absence heightens Ian's worry over the unstable ground. This hazardous zone underscores the frozen environment's treachery, where melting edges threaten collapse and isolate the young pair in peril.