THE EQUATORIAL UNINHABITABLE ZONE

THE EQUATORIAL UNINHABITABLE ZONE

The waters around the Equator are extremely hot, with an average temperature of 160 degrees during sunlit hours, and only dropping 10-30 degrees at night.  This zone extends for 200 miles north and south of the equator.  At the equator itself the waters are frequently beyond boiling point.  Nothing lives at the Equator, and only certain types of recently evolved mollusks and plankton can survive anywhere within the EUZ.  Special completely enclosed water crafts have been designed to traverse the zone, but they are expensive to charter voyages on, which encourages many people to simply remain in the hemisphere in which they are born. Prior to the invention of these special water crafts ships attempting to cross the “boiling line” would occasionally  break apart which invariably lead to a horrific demise for all passengers aboard.