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For a long time, I've had a fascination with the world's most isolated locations. Sometimes they are isolated because of extreme climate, sometimes because of distance from larger places, and sometimes they are "isolated" in the sense of being geopolitically out of the world system. I haven't got to visit many of these places (at least not internationally: I've been to some pretty isolated places in the US!), but I love reading about them and looking at pictures. I would be interested if anyone here has been to a part of the world that is very hard to get to. And just to kick things off, here is a picture of Longyearben, the largest city in the Norwegian islands of Spitsbergen. The city has a population of a little over 2000 people, and lies at 78 degrees north, making it (by most definitions) the world's most northernmost civilian settlement: 
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Feb 16, 2015 19:38
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Devil Island in Antarctica is one I've actually been to, about 15 years ago:   As I remember you really couldn't see an end to the penguin colony in either direction. The smell was also pretty powerful, and I was surprised by how dirty they were.
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Feb 22, 2015 04:19
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That pink mud is penguin poo poo huh?
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Feb 22, 2015 08:17
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TheDon01 posted:That pink mud is penguin poo poo huh? Apparently it's even visible from space: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/jun/02/wildlife-poles
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