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.