remoteness

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Jay Huggins, a retired telecommunications technician who worked on several Greenlandic radar stations from 1988 to 1990, including near the Bluie East Two base, said the remoteness and brutal winters challenged young soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The dam site's remoteness and the at times extreme heat – with temperatures sometimes hitting 45C - also presented issues.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

But neither remoteness nor favorable courts were enough to make central Louisiana into American Siberia.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

Dr. MacKinnon: “You don’t think she saw your remoteness as a defense? When she uses remoteness herself as a defense. Didn’t you just tell me? She never looks back?”

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela