Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories
The Smoking Hills
These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories
These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.
Nuuk, Greenland
These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.
Igaliku, Greenland
Walrus skulls and narwhal bones were found here while excavating a 900-year old church.
Qaqortoq, Greenland
In a country where driving from one town to another is literally impossible, this small stretch of gravel is a remarkable feat.
Greenland
The 3.8 billion-year-old rock proves that tectonic plates may have been shifting longer than we thought.
Ikateq, Greenland
A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.
Honolulu County, Hawaii
This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
An abandoned guano-mining city in the South Pacific.
Saskatchewan
Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.
Denmark / Canada
A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.
Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut
The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.
Longyearbyen, Norway
In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Svalbard, Norway
This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.
Barentsburg, Norway
This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.
Norway
Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.
Amsterdam Island, Norway
These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand
The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia
Australia's only active volcanoes and highest peak are located on these remote islands thousands of miles away from the mainland.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Inaccessible Island
It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.