Mr Chrétien has chosen Kananaskis, a remote resort in Alberta, in western Canada, for its remoteness (which will deter protesters who did so much damage to last year's summit at Genoa), for the natural beauty of its setting and because he hopes it will foster intimate discussion and frank exchanges among the eight leaders who will gather there on June 26th.
The Atacama sells itself on its remoteness, and for a region that size, served by only two airports, this claim holds true.
Looking at the age distribution of injury rates, this is probably due to the greater proportion of older people taking part in golf (compare the age distribution to other sports using the drop-down): Falls were the most common cause of injury in golf: The other interesting bit of information from the report is the rate of injury by remoteness.
People go to the beach every night to pick them up".Apart from its remoteness and lack of official authority and the alienation of its marginalised Amerindians therefrom the region has another advantage for the traffickers: dozens of airstrips, built with American help for the Honduran-based Contras fighting in next-door Nicaragua in the 1980s.
But the truth is that the islanders' remoteness and seafaring history have produced a remarkably resourceful culture.
They have seen little need for trade other than in oil, of which the country is the second-biggest producer in Africa.The impact of collapsing oil prices over the past year has been devastating but was initially obscured by Angola's remoteness (getting a visa can take months).
Wall Street and the City of London seem a long way from Maputo, and the optimists hope that this very remoteness may turn out to Africa's advantage.Back on the jet, Lonrho's chief executive says it is firms like his that will develop Africa, not aid money.
For him, Waziristan is "the last tribal area .Despite their remoteness, these tribesmen have often had a hand in the fates of governments in Kabul, Delhi and elsewhere.
There is water for cooling, fast fibre-optic links, and the remoteness provides security.
The remoteness of this most northerly part of the British mainland was why, in 1955, the government sited an experimental nuclear reactor at Dounreay, a few miles from Thurso.
Ed Whelan, a conservative court-watcher, jeers that this "nicely captures Elena Kagan's remoteness from the lives of most Americans".Court-watchers on the left are a little unsettled by Ms Kagan's lack of a paper trail.
