Tamas Torok (left), two men from the Buryat Institute of Geology, and S. Tatkov (right), Vector's Deputy Director for Research and Development, pose in front of an uprooted tree where offerings are left for Burhan, "the great ghost." (XBD9811-02974.jpeg)

Torok working at his traveling laboratory, all of which was contained in two ice chests. (XBD9811-02976.jpeg)