Hans Island, Arctic (Canada/Denmark)

The ice is finally melting. Now is the time to buy into the lucrative Northwest Passage and assure yourself a place in history. With global temperatures rising every day, the receding ice of the Arctic beckons back to those exciting Klondike days of fortunes found in unexplored frontiers. Speculators have already started rubbing their hands together in glee thinking about undiscovered oil, precious metals and diamonds in the Arctic. The rush for virgin territory and natural resources worth billions and billions of dollars is on! The purchase of Hans Island offers an unparalleled opportunity to stake your very own Arctic claim.
Ignore those naysayers and whiny environmentalists. Now is the time to cash in on global warming! The polar thaw is revealing all kinds of treasures, especially lucrative new shipping routes. Global warming could open up the Northwest Passage to year-round cargo shipping by 2050. Forget the pesky Panama Canal; once the Northwest Passage is forged, routes from Europe to the Far East will be cut in half. Time is money. With the purchase of Hans Island, you’ll already be there to take advantage of increased traffic in the area - you could open your own resort or gas station on spacious Hans Island. Visitors might include American submarines patrolling the waters or Danish military envoys.

As for getting to Hans Island, you'll need an all-weather, ice-strengthened ship. The inhospitable white wilderness that killed countless explorers and foiled navigators for centuries is a thing of the past. Now Hans Island can also be reached by helicopter! There is no shortage of flat rock to accommodate a helipad. Hans Island is located in the Nares Strait between Canada’s Ellesmere Island and northern Greenland. The barren rock is about one kilometre in diameter, with a cliff on its south end. The island is currently uninhabited except for sporadic visits by Danish seamen and the Canadian Defense Minister. The island includes a Canadian flag, a Danish flag, an inukshuk and a half empty bottle of Cognac. The inukshuk follows the traditional Arctic warring ritual of building ornate rock piles.

Amenities are scarce but there is a tiny wooden hut with a cot, stove, 2 pans and some Tang drink crystals. In recent times, the outhouse has been tipped on its side and used to store planks of wood. Surveys indicate that restoring this most northern outdoor toilet is feasible. Vegetation includes red lichen and hardy Arctic moss. Despite infrequent visitors, both litter and graffiti are present on Hans Island. Included in the sale are 12 rusting oil drums and six discarded gas cylinders on the western side of Hans Island. These remnants could serve as polar bear proof storage containers.

The opportunities for commerce on Hans Island are limited only by your imagination. Land prices are rising as quickly as the ice is melting. Now is the time to stake your claim before somebody else does.

To inquire about purchasing Hans Island, please contact one of the following persons.

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Poda Island in thailand

Koh Poda and Chicken island - Koh Poda Island Resort

Near Rai Leh there are a few islands with beautiful white coral sand beaches and crystal clear water. Koh Poda and Chicken island are the closest ones and can be easily reached by long tail boat (either from Ao Nang, Rai Leh or Phra Nang beaches.

Koh Poda is a small limestone island 25 minutes by boat from the beaches of the Raileh peninsular (which can be seen on the horizon in the photograph). The circular island is no more than a kilometre in diameter, covered in palm trees and almost entirely encircled by a soft white sand beach.

A coral reef lies 20 metres offshore, and the combination of scenery, beach and excellent snorkelling make it one of my favourite places to spend a lazy day in this part of the world.

There is some accomodation in Koh Poda (bungalows), although it's quite pricey. Koh Poda is an Island and is approx. 30mins by Longtail Boat ride from Ao Nang Beach. Chicken island got its name from a bizarre rock formation which resembles the head of a chicken. One end of the island consists of steep cliffs, while the other end has beautiful beaches along a peninsula. This peninsula gets flooded at high tide, creating a small island. There is no accomodation on Chicken island.
30 minutes in a longtail boat from Raileh is a group of limestone islands which are incredibly beautiful, with great beaches, reefs which are still reasonable (but not as good as around Koh Phi Phi), but can get very busy, particuarly during the main tourist season.
Our advice: go in the rainy season - it's quieter, cheaper and you may even feel like you're on a deserted tropical island.

Location: Around 8km away from Ao Nang shore.

Mu Koh Poda or Poda Group Islands is under the administration of Haad Noppharat Thara-Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park. The Group Islands consist of Koh Poda, Koh Kai, Koh Mo and Koh Thap. They are currently popular destinations that can be reached by a rented boat from Ao Nang. Abundant and colorful coral reefs and the wonderful marine world make these islands ideal for diving and snorkeling.Moreover, when the water level gets low, Koh Kai, Koh Mo and Koh Tap, the three isles in this Group Islands will reveal and amazing sight of a white, fine sand bar that links the three isles together. This is a very pupular attraction ones should not miss if visiting Krabi sea.
Apart from the beaches in the east and the north, in the middle of the cape backed by limestone mountains in the west is also small and very peaceful bay.In the middle of Koh Poda, there is a pathway to the back beach which will also passes the one and only resort of the island, Poda Island Resort.

The northern beach of Koh Poda extends further from the eastern beach. In the middle of the sea here is a small limestone-based island which is a unique feature of Koh Poda.

The eastern beach of Koh Poda is the longest one; it is nice for swimming and sungathing, as well as making a stroll to as far as the small bay in the wetern side of the island.


Koh Poda Attractions


Koh Poda: Koh Poda is the largest of all the four islets in Poday Group Islands. In the east, there is a one-kilometer-long sandy beach shady with rows of pine trees. The sea is exceptionally clean, clear and suitale for swimming whereas the beach is nice for sunbathing. Visitors may also enjoy snorkeling in the north and the east of the island, or kayaking along the beahc very well.


Koh Kai: Koh Kai is also called Koh Hua Khawan or Koh Poda Nok. The rock shaped like a rooster on the limestone moutain at Koh Kai is the symbol of Krabi sea. Apart from the beauty on the land, Koh Kai also has plenty of coral reefs to apprecitate in the west of the island.

Island

An island (pronounced /ˈaɪlənd/) or isle (/ˈaɪl/) is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot /ˈaɪ.ət/ (also ait /ˈeɪt/), or holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago.

An island may still be described as such despite the presence of a land bridge, for example Singapore and its causeway, or the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain "island" in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island.
There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands. There is no standard of size which distinguishes islands from islets and continents.