The hall probably served the same purpose as a modern gym, providing facilities for the soldiers to exercise and keep fit in an unfamiliar country with an inhospitable climate.

They see it in kindred terms - a thriving democracy forged in an inhospitable climate.

The inhospitable climate and geography had won out.

To shelter themselves against the sometimes inhospitable climate, early settlers built crude but durable dwellings using whatever materials they could find.

Disease became rife in the inhospitable climate, decimating the expedition.

In this sort of situation, conservationists will normally build wildlife corridors across inhospitable land, making it easier for breeding couples to meet.

It's a lifeline for the camel herders who roam this inhospitable land chasing the snow drifts - their animals survive only by eating it.

He made it to the only hospital in this inhospitable land of rocky hills and sandy, tree-covered plains.

I followed them for a week in their minibus as they crisscrossed the inhospitable landscape - truly pilgrims through this barren land.

Though drawn to the idea of nothingness, the characters must be careful not to join the community of ghosts haunting the nearly inhospitable landscape.

The battle occurs above a largely inhospitable landscape, whose pollution prompted the evolution of the mutant races.

They depict ruined towers or inhospitable landscapes with the occasional bright poppy or forget-me-not and you feel as though you could step into them.

Other than a cut above his right eye, he doesn't look like a man who arrived back from one of the world's most inhospitable landscapes two days earlier.

The inhospitable region has since been thoroughly mapped, but the spirit of adventure remains in his family.

Explorers went out to conquer the most inhospitable regions of the world.

It seems sad that on the one hand such exquisite creatures should live out their lives and exhibit their charms only in these wild inhospitable regions.

Even ordinary primroses will self-seed into paving cracks, migrating across this potentially inhospitable terrain from one part of the garden to another.

Simple maths would seem to suggest that the inhospitable terrain took a toll on the escapees; the story rewinds to recount a story of incredible bravery and sacrifice.

The intricate line of the classic first ascent route involves 13,000ft of climbing - almost two miles uphill on hands and knees - over some of the most inhospitable terrain imaginable.

Very little vegetation can be found on the inhospitable terrain.

The area goes through inhospitable terrain and severe climate changes.