1.   Eventually, Shackleton left most of his men on a barren island.

2.   How did those left on the barren island stay sane for close to five months, wondering all the while if Shackleton would return for them?

3.   Hundreds of people are already housed on the barren island nation of Nauru and in Papua New Guinea, which are receiving millions of dollars in rent from Australia.

4.   Surely nations capable of building long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear warheads could damage or destroy a large, immobile radar on a frozen barren island.

5.   A new round of muscle-flexing in the South China Sea is raising tensions among claimants to the cluster of barren islands, shoals and reefs.

6.   A Texas aerospace company has shown interest in using a barren island off Anguilla as a satellite launching pad, the government said Tuesday.

7.   Both countries claim possession of a disputed group of barren islands.

8.   In a move aimed at strengthening its claim to a group of barren islands also claimed by Japan, South Korea may allow civilians to live there.

9.   It was the first high-level meeting between the two countries since a dispute over a barren island in the Aegean Sea almost led to war in January.

10.   It was the first high-level meeting between the two countries after a dispute over a barren island in the Aegean Sea almost led to war in January.