Finding the most remote spot on Earth

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Are you tired of all the connectedness around you? Want to get away from it all? Unfortunately, truly getting away from civilization can be tough, even with the will and time to head off to an otherwise ...

Full article at http://www.trailspace.com/blog/2009/11/05/most-remote-spot-on-earth.html

I read a book called, "The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise" It's about this guy that goes in search of the remote and very hard to find and get to "heart of the world." If you find it you can achieve enlightenment quickly.

It's a spiritual journey and a hiking trip in one.

I found the New Scientist website slide show fascinating, especially slide 9 (land cover) and 10 (speed of travel in various terrain types). Antarctica does appear on a number of the maps, always blank with no roads, railroads, shipping routes, etc.

I found slide 3 particularly depressing.[url=3 particularly distrubing.http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/small-world/3]

Which is colder you think, Greenland or the Tibetan Plateau?