[2019] Ritual of the Mahjarrat

I am currently stuck on a step where I am expected to get into the fortress by 'squeezing' through the ice block. I followed the wiki but I cannot perform the step. I switched to video guides and noticed that the globe stand already has a fire globe mounted and that the ice block does not restrict the passage 100%. Where am I going wrong? or something's changed that I am not aware of?

I have tried both ways: wilderness and Relleka-canoe routes.

Dialogue popup when interacting with the ice block.

Inventory.

Quest Journal.