Arctic and subarctic planets are often described as scenes of action in works of science fiction. They provide backdrops familiar from tales of arctic exploration on Earth.
List of Arctic Planets
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AEdit
- Andor (icy moon orbiting a ringed gas giant which orbits Procyon VIII or Alpha Canis Minoris) - Star Trek universe
- Argus IV - James Blish's Cities in Flight universe
BEdit
- Balthus in Samuel R. Delaney's Nova, brief reference
- Buktu - Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Hellhole
CEdit
- Colin Harvey's novel Winter Song
- Cadomai - Star Wars universe
EEdit
- Ender's Planet - Orson Scott Card's (derivative, see Heinlein's Starship Troopers) Ender's Game
HEdit
- Hekla - Hal Clement's short story "Cold Front" in Astounding (July 1946)
- Hoth - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
IEdit
- Isheimur - Colin Harvey's Winter Song
MEdit
- Medusa - Jack L. Chalker's The Four Lords of the Diamond series
- Mygeeto - Star Wars universe
NEdit
- Nordholm - Dan Simmons’s novel Hyperion, p. 196
- Nordstral - L.A. Graf's Star Trek: The Original Series novel Ice Trap
PEdit
- Palvin - Jack C. Haldeman II's novel Perry's Planet', brief reference p. 34
REdit
- Rhen Var - Star Wars universe
- Rhinnal - Star Wars universe
- Rigel X (partially terraformed) - Christopher L. Bennett's Star Trek: TOS universe novel Tower of Babel (Rise of the Federation series)
- Rossem (sub-Arctic) - Isaac Asimov's Second Foundation pp. 34-49, 64-70
SEdit
- Skustell Star Wars universe
- Sol Draconi System in Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos
TEdit
- Tulamaine IV or Tulamane IV (orbiting the star Trixel) - Alien Trespass 2009 film
UEdit
- U.V.6. - Film 'The Chronicles of Riddick 2004 film
VEdit
- Vasthold - Scott Westerfeld's The Risen Empire and The Killing of Worlds
WEdit
- Warworld 3663Ω - Christoher Adam's novel Cold War
