5 places on Earth it’s almost impossible to survive
1) Antarctica
Even though there are dozens of research stations scattered around the coast, the inland regions are nothing but hundreds of miles of snow and ice. If you step out into what could be considered the wilderness, there’s no fuel to burn, no animals to hunt, and nothing to protect you from the snow and -50°C blizzards. As soon as your food or fuel runs out, you can bet that the rest of your time there will be cut very short. For some good examples of how dangerous it is to be stranded in this frozen wasteland, here are three of the most famous Antarctica survival stories:
2) Snake Island – Brazil
Being able to survive after getting stranded on an island is quite possible and has been done many times in the past, but Snake Island is one of the few exceptions and has been named as such due to the huge amount of snakes that live on it. Located off the coast of Brazil, the island is protected by the Brazilian government and only allows a small number of scientists and researchers there every year.
At the last estimate, the island was thought to be home to over 400,000 Golden lancehead vipers, and since the island is only 430,000 m2, that’s close to 1 snake every square meter. Since a good amount of the island is made up of cliffs, the snakes tend to group up in certain areas and have been found to number more than 100 snakes per square meter at certain points. Golden lancehead vipers are very poisonous, and due to competition for food on the island, there’s a very, very high chance you’ll be killed the second you step into the trees.
3) The Amazon Rain Forest – Brazil
Even though this enormous forest is home to many types of edible plants and animals, it’s also home to many things that can kill you. Wounds and insect bites can become infected very quickly in humid, warm conditions, and every step of the journey will be blocked by vines and overgrown bushes.
The effort of simply moving through this forest can require double the amount of food you would normally need, and for the reward of only a couple of miles a day. Most people who die in the rain forest either do so from starvation or infection from insect bites, and they are the ones lucky enough not to be eaten by a piranha or a hungry crocodile.
4) The Great Victoria Desert – Australia
Most deserts are quite harsh places, but this happens to be one of the most dangerous. It spans just over 430 miles wide and is hot enough in summer to reach as high as 40°C. The reason this desert is one of the hardest to survive in compared to all the others is because of its wildlife. The most poisonous snake in the world lives in Australia, and it is home to countless types of scorpions, tarantulas, snakes, and other nasty critters. It also has frequent and very powerful sand storms and large bushfires, not exactly the kind of place you’d want to do some sunbathing.
5) Lut Desert – Iran
This desert also makes the list, but not because of its mass of dangerous wildlife or bushfires, but because it has….nothing. There’s no water, no trees, and no way to survive here, combined with the fact that this place won the title of hottest temperature recorded on earth 5 times in a 7-year period. The hottest-ever recorded temperature on earth was taken right here, topping out at a sizzling 70.7°C, which if you were completely exposed to could kill you in about 25 minutes.
