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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

Still, the movie seems to sympathize with many Americans’ misplaced faith in the remoteness of nuclear war.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

"Due to the remoteness of the area, a helicopter was only able to reach the site of the accident on the morning of 29 July."

From BBC • Jul. 29, 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 offspring of their union had been Mordred, aim had been brought up alone with his mother, in the barbarous remoteness of the outer Isles.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White