An example of one of the Arctic's more easily colonizable, frigid islands.
The Arctic is the fourth playable region of Anno 1800 and is inspired by the famous arctic expeditions of the 19th century. Its content is unlocked by purchasing the game's "The Passage" DLC, upon which the region itself can be accessed after reaching the 
Engineers population tier. The main role of the Arctic is to supplement the Old World with the ability to produce electricity from 
gas, the technology to create Airships, and as an additional, more effective source of 
Gold Ore and 
Furs.
As with every region, the New World consists of multiple handcrafted islands of varying sizes, fertilities and resources. The Islands' characteristics and arrangement depends on game settings chosen when creating the game. Unlike Old World and even New World, the amount of variation in layout is minor. The shapes and variation of the islands is always the same and a different seed number only changes the orientation of the bigger islands (except King William Island, which will always hold the same position) and the location of the smaller ones.
Besides yourself and other expanding players (either AI or human), the native Inuit have settled their own predetermined location from the start. They won't expand, but are willing to trade with you.
Unique Mechanics[]
The region is host to several unique mechanics:
Deep Mines and Pristine Hunting[]
Gold Mines and Hunting Cabins are called "Deep Gold Mines" and "Prime Hunting Cabins" in the Arctic, and are especially productive. A Prime Hunting Cabin can produce Furs 4x times more efficiently than its Old World counterpart. A Deep Gold Mine can produce Gold Ore 2.5x more efficiently than its New World counterpart.
Heated Buildings, Cooler Heads[]
Both residences and places of work in the Arctic need to be heated with the special 
Heater facility. This is because the Arctic Population's Need for Luxury is replaced with that of a need for Heat. Failure to provide this warmth will increase the occurrence of the virulent Arctic Flu.
The population in this area also does not have a happiness rating, the ability to change working conditions on production buildings, or a desire to riot. The hardy individuals who chose to come here already work to the best of their ability, and are happy enough to just survive the biting cold. They realize that taking a day off, or tearing down their own settlement in a fickle display of discontent, is detrimental to their desire not to freeze to death.
Glacier Islands[]
The four glacier islands to the North of the Arctic, rise out of the oceans like a bald set of giant, gnashing molars.
To the north of the region, are four unique islands. These islands are barren and rise out from the ocean at great height, which makes their development challenging. Nothing grows or lives there for your colonists to sustain themselves with and there is no coastline at sea-level to construct Trading Posts at.
To build a functional settlement - perhaps in order to gain the ability to turn Gas into Electricity - everything needs to be imported by Airship and a special Sky Trading Posts will need to be constructed and supplied to overcome the height barrier.
The Fate of Faithful[]
A story line runs through this area, involving Lady Faithful and the quest to find the lost expedition of Sir John Faithful and the crews of HMS Hades and Styx. This is a play on the real-world lost expedition of Sir John Franklin and the crews of the HMS Erebus and Terror. The storyline will see the player progress through the building of an Arctic settlement and the construction of their first airship.
The Far North[]
The northernmost reaches of the Arctic are an unmappable ice desert, almost barren of life, with terrain that would boggle the mind. Far from the coasts, only airships can traverse this deadly landscape, and the map will remain in fog of war there perpetually, with only the area around the ship visible. Many expeditions from the Empire have tried and failed to chart and conquer this deadly landscape, and their ruins are strewn across it. This scrap is highly valuable to the right eye...
Population[]
The population of the Arctic is divided into two tiers:
Production[]
Almost all the arctic population's needs are based around the the exploitation of animal products that are unique to the region, for both comfort and gear. None of these are useful to your populations elsewhere, but the region does have a unique resource in the form of 
Gas Mines and it's the place where Airships are constructed. The region is also capable of producing Gold Ore and Furs more efficiently, even while not using these itself. These resources can be shipped back to the Old World to supplement or enhance the player's existing empire.
End products in the Arctics are:
Explorers:
Timber
Pemmican
-175
-85
1400
12
Supplies:
• 83,3 
Explorers Residences (up to 833 Explorers)
• or 41,7 
Technicians Residences (up to 833 Technicians)
Sleeping Bags
-570 -260
5000 75
Supplies:
• 222 Explorers Residences (up to 2220 Explorers)
• or 111 Technicians Residences (up to 2220 Technicians)
Oil Lamps
-1550
-100 -200
-20
48400 72
60
48
40
40
Supplies:
• 333,3 Explorers Residences (up to 3333 Explorers)
• or 166,7 Technicians Residences (up to 3333 Technicians)
Technicians:
Parkas
-1370 -140
-240
12200 50 12
Supplies:
• 83,3 Technicians Residences (up to 1666 Technicians)
Husky Sleds
-5720 -50 -1360
59700 330 44
Supplies:
• 222 Technicians Residences (up to 4444 Technicians)
Relation with other regions[]
None of the goods produced in the Arctic are strictly required in Old World, but some are produced more efficiently in the Arctic, or make Old World more efficient when shipped back.
The Arctic requires several goods from Old World, either as ready-made products to consume, intermediate materials for use in local products, or as construction materials.
Steel Beams for the construction of advanced buildings- Cement, Reinforced Concrete, Steam Motors and Sails for the creation of an airship hangar, and the latter two for the production of airships
- Schnapps
- Brass for Oil Lamps production
- Canned Food
- Coffee
