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Arctic Bath
Photo: Arctic bath on Putorana Plateau
WALLPAPER
In a "stern land, ruthless to weakness," hydrologist Valeri Ivanov embraces an Arctic bath on Russia's Putorana Plateau—a primeval expanse of volcanic rock and pristine waters where man has barely made a ripple.
Photograph by Randy Olsen

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