EXPLORE THE PLANET’S WILDEST PLACES
Jul 11, 2019
4 minutes
Words by Victoria Williams
“These remote, rugged and often dangerous areas have been left largely intact because it’s just too difficult for the average person to make a home there”
Living in towns and cities, sitting in traffic jams and flying to different continents in a matter of hours, it can be hard to imagine that any of the Earth’s surface remains untouched by humans. Recent analysis, however, revealed around a third of the land is still wilderness, inhabited by about two per cent of the population. These remote, rugged and often dangerous areas have been left largely intact because it’s just too difficult for the average person to make a home there.
Those who brave the extreme conditions, scarce food and water, testing terrain and isolation have developed lifestyles that make their
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