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Rowing to Baikal

N THE SUMMER OF 2018, I took a two-month break from my job as head guide at Mongolia River Outfitters to lead an international team of scientists from the headwaters of Mongolia’s Selenge River to Russia’s Lake Baikal. Using inflatable driftboats and other donated gear, our team hiked, kayaked, and rowed more than 1,000 miles along one

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