The place I have done most of my Arctic fieldwork, the Kytalyk reserve. It takes two regular planes (Netherlands to Moscow, Moscow to Yakutsk), an old Antonov plane (Yakutsk to Chokurdakh), a 2.5hr speedboat trip and nine time zones to get here. The station has a small sauna, an occasional trace of cellphone reception and several cabins, but no internet or running water. After a week or two, you stop missing the internet. After six weeks or so, you start to dread the day you open your inbox and wonder whether you should maybe just stay.