by: Shabuddin Syed

Located on the northern tip of
Nunavut territory of Canada, it is a
small village that lies on the Arctic
ocean only 800 Kilometres south of
the North Pole. It is considered to
be the northernmost inhabited
place on the earth. Extremely cold
and receiving very little sunlight for
most parts of the year, the nearest
place to this village is located about
2000 kilometres away.

Considered as the largest desert on
the planet because of its cold
barrenness, it is situated at the
South Pole and is mostly
uninhabited except for scientific
bases of a few nations. The place is
so cold and dry that it lacks any
kind of vegetation and thus the only
kind of land animals present there
are Penguins and Seals. This is the
largest storage of freshwater in the
world but all of it is frozen and
making up most of its landmass.

These are also called the
“desolation islands because of their
distance from any kind of
civilization. Consisting of an
archipelago of several islands these
are situated in the southern Indian
Ocean region. The only way to
reach them is by a boat ride that
takes about six days from Reunion,
a small island off the coast of
Madagascar. The island is primarily
a scientific centre and also holds a
French missile defence system.

Easter Island has fascinated
explorers for centuries and is
considered among the most
inaccessible places in the world.
The island lies approximately 2,100
miles west of Chile, and is now
considered a special territory of this
South American nation. Famous for
the towering rock statues known as
Moai, this island is home to less
than 5,000 people –most of who are
descended from the aboriginal Rapa
Nui people.

The Amazon is home to one of the
most diverse ecosystems in the
world but scientists are still
uncovering its secrets. This is one
of the mega Bio-Diversity regions in
the world and has almost the half of
world’s flora and fauna. A farming
population, the newly contacted
peoples had been living remotely for
centuries in one of the deepest
parts of the jungle near the Peruvian
border and the Brazilian
government has just established
their contact with the outside world.