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EXTREME ISOLATION: The Most Remote Inhabited Places on Earth - Lexie Limitless

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North Sentinel island is located far into the Indian Ocean in the chain of islands called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands which is a territory of India. The island is about the size of Manhattan and its illegal to travel here because the island is home to the planet-s most isolated hunter-gatherer society. The Sentinelese tribe-could range anywhere from 15-500 people but there-s no way of knowing for certain. What we do know is that they do not wish to be contacted as they have resisted any and all contact with the outside world for up to 60, 000 years. Nothing is known about their language, they hunt with bows and arrows and they are completely untouched by modern civilization. Today-s so-called un-contacted people all have a history of contact, whether from exploitation or simply seeing a plane flying overhead. What I-ve come to realize is that there are no people who are isolated by accident or have somehow managed to stay completely unaware of the modern times- it-s more that there is this deep rooted fear or defiance of the outside world. Also, the Sentinelese and other isolated tribes around the world are extremely vulnerable to any foreign contact because they have virtually zero immunity to our diseases and could very quickly be wiped out by the exposure. Pitcairn Island is a-British Overseas Territory-situated 3, 300 miles from New Zealand and no plane or helicopter has ever landed there, so getting there requires a-32-hour cargo ship journey. In the 1700-s this island was settled by a real life ship full of mutineers. The mutineers were running from British Naval ships when they found the uninhabited Pitcairn Island and decided to hide there by sinking their ship after they landed. Today there are around 50 people living on Pitcairn Island which is not much larger than Central Park. Tristan da Cunha island is said to be the world-s most remote inhabited archipelago which also happens to be on an active volcano. The closest other people to this little town is 1200 miles away in St. Helena and it's 1700 miles away from South Africa. Can you imagine living there? There-s less than 300 people who call this place home which still feels like a surprising amount of people. La Rinconada, Peru is the highest human habitation in the world, and it is home to some of the most brutal living conditions in the world. -The town is built at an astonishing height of 16, 700 feet. The town is accessible only by braving a dangerous mountainside road covered in ice and the journey can take several days. Its unclear exactly how many people live in La Rinconada because there-s a totally lack of government regulation but it-s estimated to be as many 50, 000 live here. The motivation to live in this harsh landscape? Gold mining. The Russian town of Oymyakon also known as the coldest inhabited place on earth. It takes two days to get there, traveling down a barren and isolated stretch of road from the closest city in Siberia. Temperatures there average around -58- F during the winter months in this area of Northeastern Russia. Daylight only lasts for 3 hours in the winter but it-s light out for 21 hours in the summer. Around 500 people live in this remote community! Learning Resources: Palmerston Island: La Rinconada by Nick Neumann and Walker Dawson: To see more of my daily adventures
Date: 2022-03-12

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Comments and reviews: 10

Andrea
I suggest you should check out Whittier in Alaska, who is actually a small town made out of just one big facility where every citizen lives, studies or work. Each activity has a specific floor but they are literally all together, and that drives me crazy. On the top of that the only way to access is through a mountain tunnel so that they can actually lock themselves in like castles in the middle age! That's sick. Anyway, hope you my best and please continue to inspire young explorers like me: )
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Tarpan
I live in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
Besides these Sentinelese tribal community of North Sentinel Island, there are other indigenous groups.
They also live in their respective isolated areas with special protection and support from the National Government.
Some of these tribes have African roots.
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NTK
Free West Papua- Its is illegally occupied by Indonesia, over 700, 000 West Papuan's have died for their right to self- determination out of a population of 2 million since the 1960's when Indonesia Invaded. Everyday in Indonesia West Papuan's are being killed so Indonesians can take everything away from them.
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Sophie
this was such a unique topic. i'm from Norfolk island which is an island in between Australia and new zealand. the people there, are direct descendants of the pitcairn islanders you mentioned! so this was really cool to hear about my people mentioned in your video
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Marley
As much as I enjoy your travel blog, please don't travel to the andaman islands, I don't fancy seeing that blog the sentinalese are ferocious and one wrong move could be disaster, as has happened to sailers throughout the years.
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Filip
I literally have an obsession with the north sentinel island ever since I came across it. It just shows how the world could've been so diffrent if we went back 1000 years and started over
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Luna
Disgusting that -missionary- who tried to bring christianity to the island. Stop trying to force everyone into belive the same as you, christianity has already a bunch of blood on them
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Sara
Lexie! I have a question for you. Since you-ve literally been to every country in the world, do you still feel like Los Angeles where u live, is the best place to live in for you?
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Patrick
Let me tell y'all a fact about St. Helena Island
Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled there in 1815, and took his last breath there.
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It's
Super interesting video. Had me go down the YouTube rabbit hole after this to learn more about some of these islands! Great work!
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