Strange and dangerous places where people actually live

The Earth is our home, a place that nourishes us and shelters us - from the cradle to the grave. Therefore, we believe that each of its area must be suitable for life. However, it is not so. Outside the cozy modern small nests that we have created for ourselves, backyard from any natural bad weather, we have nothing to save from harm and many dangers that threaten us in a big and lonely world.

Due to the fact that in the Western world, we are for the most part protected from all dangers, we forget how frail we are in the wild. We are top predators just because we can outsmart the other a top predator. However, in developing countries there are those who live on the edge of the border between civilization and chaos of nature. Even in the West there are people who parted with the comforts of modern life sheltered from the madding crowd in the wild.

Moreover, there are those who continue to live their existence, bringing the flour of the modern world and prefer to do it the most unusual methods, whether through the incredible architecture, living in a strange place or using a small space to the maximum. At times, it seems that people can adapt to absolutely everything, even despite the fact that such abilities are puzzling and genuine surprise not only friends and family members, but also all over the world. Below is a list of the most unusual homes from the harsh habitats that are home to some people.

Little House on the Island (Island House) on the River St. Lawrence (St Lawrence River)

The house is located on the border of the United States and Canada, two of the largest countries in the world, erected on such a small area that it is barely enough to accommodate the house itself. The house, which occupies an island in the St. Lawrence River that separates New York and the Canadian province of Ontario, may well pass for a boat, leisurely floating along the river. The island is strategically called "barely enough space" (Just Room Enough), was bought by the family Sayzlend (Sizeland) in the 1950s to escape a crazy rhythm of modern life. However, ironically, the family, who sought solitude, and now lives in a house that has become a tourist destination. In this house there is something amazing. That is why, the man who accidentally zabredot in the neighborhood and see this house may not believe their own eyes.

Pole of Cold (Cold Pole)

Most of us are accustomed to the temperate climate and life in a variety of weather conditions, even though some of us were more fortunate, and they live in a mild climate most of the year. However, there are those who are struggling to survive in harsh place to live and fight with a lack of vitamin D!

City Verkhoyansk is located at a distance of more than 4,800 kilometers from the capital of Russia, Moscow, deep in the forest, which is the most extensive forest in the world. Siberian city is also considered the "coolest city on earth". For this reason it is also known as the "Pole of Cold". In the period between September and March in Verkhoyansk everything freezes, as here, there are at least 5 hours of sunlight a day. In December and January the sun at all.

From this, it becomes obvious why this place is considered a favorite for the link Disloyal people in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union. However, Verkhoyansk is trying to revive. Now there were ice hotels and the city hopes to cash in on its climate, attracting lovers of extreme recreation enjoy their harsh habitat!

Life in the closet

How well do you really know every nook and cranny of your home? Can you say with certainty that in addition to you or your family in it no one else lives? It may sound like the plot of a cheap horror movie, but real people can always develop their potential and to become spooky much more terrible than the dead! Therefore, imagine that in your house settled no insects or pests home any plan, but a real unknown to you people. 57-year-old Japanese man noticed that he began to vanish food. In surprise, he found a surveillance camera to capture something strange. He succeeded with a vengeance, as he found that the stranger lived in his apartment. Police found that the intruder was a 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa (Tatsuko Horikawa). The woman lived in the top of the closet in the apartment of the man! She even managed to drag a comfortable mattress and was taking a shower when the man was not at home! The most amazing thing is that all this is going on for a year!

Greenland

The very name of Greenland's ironic, because greens are incredibly small, but as people. It is the second largest island in the world, the first is Australia. Those 57,000 people who live on this island, should be truly very hardy. Needless to say, that they share the island with polar bears and burning cold. In many parts of the Greenland people going through three months of continuous sunshine in the summer, and then three months in the winter night.

The closed pool Sistan (Sistan Basin), Afghanistan

What is the ice would not have been Greenland, on our planet, there are many places that are the complete opposite of her. One of them is a closed pool of Sistan in Afghanistan. As Greenland is the place is a testament to our impact on the ecosystem of the planet. Previously, it housed wetlands Hamun (Hamoun), fed by the river Helmand (Helmand River). Once upon a time this place was a fertile habitat for wildlife and a haven for agriculture. This area became dry up in the '90s because of merciless drought, as well as irrigation systems. Long years of war in the country and served as a reason that this place has not been restored. At the moment this area, located in the south of the country, has become one of the driest places on earth, despite all the attempts of the United Nations Organization to revive her.

Region Changtang (Changthang Region), Tibetan Plateau

Do not look down! The average altitude of the region is almost 5000 meters! This steppe is home to bird habitat, the Tibetan gazelle, wild sheep and nomadic peoples Changpa (Changpa). You have to be really brave man to live at such heights. They are not guided by fear of heights, because they practically live on the mountainside.

One room, one place

The family, like the movie "The Village" descended from the screen, completely abandoned from the outside world and settled on the mountain, far away from civilization!

Geologists climbed the Siberian side of the mountain in 1978 and found a family Lykov. The family fled religious persecution in 1936, during the darkest days of Stalin's regime and settled on a hillside in one room. They survived on potatoes, rye bread and hemp seeds, until the family learned the art of catching animals in the late fifties. Their diet became even more extreme when his mother died in that year, when winter has ruined their crops. They survived by eating bark and skin from the shoes.

At the time of their discovery the children have not seen a single living person, in addition to their family members. Their language was unintelligible, as read to them was only the Bible. What is surprising is that the family chose to stay in your little room, after finding them. They took a gift some tools and decided to stay on and hermits.

Maldives

These tropical islands seem a paradise on earth and they are such and are, but the question is - whether they will long remain afloat? The maximum height of the islands above sea level is only 180 centimeters. The archipelago is located in the Indian Ocean at the mercy of rising global sea level. According to recent estimates, it should soon go under the water. Little House on the St. Lawrence River is one thing, but here the scale is such that one-third of the population was homeless after the tsunami of 2004. The capital of the archipelago is the island of Male, which nearly went under in 1987 because of the huge waves. Therefore, when the last president was sworn in, he became the first president to make a plan of evacuation of the population, consisting of 300 000 inhabitants, in the case of the Maldives will become submerged.

House in stone near Fafe (Nas Montanhas de Fafe), Portugal

Have you ever heard the saying "hamstrung"? A small resort in Portugal is the epitome of this adage, the one difference being that the house is sandwiched between two boulders. It is possible that the owner of the house and the architect resorted to any giants to roll up stones to the right place, as a cheaper alternative to the construction. The house, built in 1974, is not equipped with electricity, despite the fact that the wind turbine is located in the neighborhood! This house turned into a permanent tourist destination, despite the fact that some visits are not as friendly as we would like. Due to the fact that in the house trying to sneak a few times, now its windows decorated with bullet-proof glass, and steel.

Tornado Alley (Tornado Corridor), Oklahoma, Tulsa, USA

Interstate 44 (Interstate Corridor 44) passes right next to the Oklahoma and Tulsa. In addition, in this part of the state lives of more than 1 million Americans. However, since 1890 there were more than 120 tornadoes, and May 3, 1999 70 tornadoes swept through Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma. In Oklahoma, a tornado demolished 1700 houses and damaged 6,500 more, which brought the total loss of $ 1 billion. In this area, it was only five years of peace when no one tornado is not swept from 1992 to 1998. In Tulsa 69 tornadoes passed between 1950 and 2006. Despite the fact that the situation here was not as badly as in Oklahoma, the town flooded in 1974, 1976 and 1984. Just imagine the frustration and constant care that the place where you live, work and play friends, can be destroyed in minutes. However, it is also a proof of how far people can go in search of happiness.