(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:BkMVpL5B-SdVgM:http://www.pulsarmedia.eu/data/media/867/Storm%20Over%20the%20Savannah,%20Masai%20Mara%20National%20Reserve,%20Kenya.jpg&t=1)<br/><br/>The landing site of the Human survey ship is in one of the cooler latitudes of the planet, where there is mostly open grass land, between the dense jungle further south and the North Polar Sea. The first colony ship arrived shortly after the survey ship did, before the science team had even sent a report back, and began unloading it's passengers. Such is the population pressure on Earth.<br/><br/>The grass land looks much like African savannah. The animals roaming it are different, and the "grass" isn't really grass, but it looks the same from a distance<br/><br/>The climate here is sub-tropical, with vast polar storms sweeping down off the ocean to the North. Also, tornadoes are not uncommon.<br/><br/>Due to the high latitude, there is quite a seasonal variation between dawn and dusk. The colonists arrive at the beginning of summer, when the days are long and the nights short.