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...though the original headline is itself incorrect. The analysis excludes Alaska. "Most Remote Spots in USA Wilderness Complexes" should read "Most Remote spo
by alaskan_pedant 8y ago
...though the original headline is itself incorrect. The analysis excludes Alaska.
"Most Remote Spots in USA Wilderness Complexes" should read "Most Remote spots in the Wilderness Complexes of the US Lower 48"
From the article's fine print:
> Alaska is excluded from this analysis, since the scale and character of wilderness there is simply very different than in the “Lower 48”. If Alaska wilderness areas were part of this project, the most remote spot would be in the middle of the Mollie Beattie Wilderness of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the eastern Brooks Range, with an inscribed circle radius of 42.75 miles. Ironically, however, rules for wilderness in Alaska are different, and airplane landings are permitted in most areas. So in some ways you are more remote in the Thorfare area of Wyoming.