It's still kind of confusing. "Why don't more people live on the Equator? It looks like it's a bit warmer there."

"I believe that is probably because, ah... Only the richest and most industrialized nations managed to build infrastructure that actually survived the Last Autumn and the many years that have passed since. And those were concentrated... Here and here." Europe and North America. "In the IEC's case we went north, which was closer, and built on the ice that was already at the poles to get away from, ahem, desperate people. The logic at the time was- Save a few or save none."