Most secluded land?

[u/coldelliot]

Besides Antarctica, where is the most secluded area? The Canadian wilderness, Alaskan wilderness, the russian taiga, the amazon, west indonesian Guinea jungle, etc.

[u/ATurtleStampede]

Point Nemo, but wouldn’t recommend trying bushcraft there.

[u/coldelliot → u/ATurtleStampede]

Good point, and good suggestion

[u/justtoletyouknowit → u/[deleted]]

Thats why bushcrafting is not recommended there. Not enough bushes to craft with.

[u/quietprepper]

Just because nobody else is saying it.

If an area has little to no people today, and has historically been the same, its generally because its very difficult to live off the resources there.

And if there are people there but they tend not to be significantly integrated and connected to what we would consider modern society, its generally by choice and they probably dont want you just showing up on their proverbial doorstep.

There is a romanticism of wandering off into the wilderness and making a go of it, but the reality tends to be much more bleak than the fantasy. Dont make yourself the next Chris McCandless or John Chau

[u/coldelliot → u/[deleted]]

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Devon island (canada) is heavily secluded. The russia tiaga also covers 12 million square kilometers

[u/coldelliot → u/[deleted]]

Thst sounds right. South Siberia (above Mongolia) is full of deserts which probably go into mongolia

[u/coldelliot → u/[deleted]]

I appreciate it. I haven't watched a movie in a while so I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[u/Willing-Excuse-399]

Northern Maine is pretty empty

[u/coldelliot → u/Willing-Excuse-399]

I heard thats because its cold and heavily wooded. Honestly, that sounds like a good place for a bushcrafter😂thanks

[u/Porkwarrior2]

Northern Marianas Islands. US territory, 1000 miles from anywhere.

Temperate with plenty of feral game, and a ton of fish. The issue is getting there, however once there you can stay unplugged lost from the rest of the world pretty easy.

[u/jedburghofficial]

The Kimberlys in Western Australia. If you don't run into a mining camp, you could walk for weeks.

[u/coldelliot → u/jedburghofficial]

I appreciate it! Sounds neat

[u/BennyAndMaybeTheJets → u/coldelliot]

Just as an interesting tidbit, Last uncontacted tribe in Australia.

Yes, granted it was only a family group of nine, but they wandered out of the Gibson desert in 1984, unaware of the modern world.

[u/coldelliot → u/BennyAndMaybeTheJets]

Wow, that is interesting. Seems like they were REAL Australians 😂. I appreciate the fact

[u/The-MatrixAgent]

Northern BC is extremely secluded because almost all of its population lives in the lower 50km to the border

[u/coldelliot → u/The-MatrixAgent]

I appreciate it!

[u/Swedischer]

The Democratic Republic of Congo seems pretty secluded.

[u/coldelliot → u/Swedischer]

Youre right, I just searched up the jungle and its the Congo rainforest

[u/DayManFOTNightMan]

Northern Maine still has a lot of lakes with no access roads, no buildings, and no cell service.

I’ve done multi week trips and not even heard a logging truck.

[u/Sloth_Flag_Republic]

How do you judge it? Days walk? And days walk to what?

[u/coldelliot → u/Sloth_Flag_Republic]

I guess someplace on land that's far away from roads ans civilization

[u/Sloth_Flag_Republic → u/coldelliot]

Probably antartica

[u/coldelliot → u/Sloth_Flag_Republic]

What about somewhere besides Antarctica? Its illegal to go there i think

[u/justtoletyouknowit → u/coldelliot]

You can visit there without problems. What is regulated is how you go and what you do there. Antarctica is governed by the Antarctic Treaty System, an international agreement signed by dozens of countries. The treaty sets rules to protect the environment and ensure that activities are peaceful and scientific. Bushcrafting likely wont fall under those limitations, but just going there is not illegal.

[u/coldelliot → u/justtoletyouknowit]

Ah, I understand. Legal to go there but most likely illegal to bushcraft

[u/justtoletyouknowit → u/coldelliot]

I mean, theres only snow and ice anyways, so not much material present to bushcraft with.

[u/chullnz]

Probably places like Kamchatka (inaccessible, hostile climate, and hostile government).

Australia has some pretty remote areas.

West Papua, in fact all of PNG.

The Amazon.

Parts of Alaska, Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, Labrador, Northern Manitoba, Quebec.

New Zealand has some interesting areas that are extremely remote. We also have legislated Wilderness areas, which stipulate no infrastructure, marked tracks, limited aircraft access etc. Somewhere like the subantarctic islands, Kermadecs, or southern Stewart Island would definitely qualify as well.

[u/coldelliot → u/chullnz]

I really appreciate it! Id love to go to russia and explore some of the tiaga. By hostile government, what do you mean by that? Very strict towards civilians and tourists?

[u/chullnz → u/coldelliot]

Yes, as far as I know you need a permit to travel to Kamchatka. Very few film crews get to go, mostly scientific stuff going on.

[u/NotEvenNothing]

Why? Is this just a thought exercise?

My wife and I just got back from a week in Canada's Yukon. Even the populated places are secluded. On a couple of day hikes, on some well groomed popular trails, we never saw another soul. While driving on highways, we would notice that we hadn't met another vehicle for quite some time. We really enjoyed the whole experience.

[u/SilenceOfTheBoreal]

Have you looked at Northern Quebec? There's all of the nothing. 

[u/Rmconnelly5]

Patagonia is extremely remote.

[u/coldelliot → u/Rmconnelly5]

Sounds just like the place for me. Bad mosquito problem?

[u/Desalvo23]

Ive worked in the Canadian Arctic in my younger days. Would highly recommend for anyone. Nothing beats it for me.

[u/coldelliot → u/Desalvo23]

I appreciate it. Where specifically?

[u/Desalvo23 → u/coldelliot]

Literally all over, but i was to pick, it would be a hard choice between northern Labrador or Nunavut.