1. remote - it makes the education seem pointless for the students, because there aren't any jobs which require a degree.

2. 'Families have a subsistence lifestyle' - examples: hunting walruses, seals and whales and gathering berries.

3. stifling

4. profound, they won't be easily overcome (with no easy solutions)

5. sacrifice

6. harsh - examples: sun disappears, a lot of snow and polar bears arrive on ice floes

7. inevitably