Gallery: Go Tusking With the Woolly Mammoth Hunters of Siberia

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    A tusker hauls out a rhino skull.
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    A tusker explores a cavern exposed while tunneling.
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    Tuskers pump water from the Lena River to uncover woolly mammoth remains.
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    This 140-pound tusk sold for $34,000.
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    Runoff from the hoses runs into the river, raising silt levels.
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    A woolly rhinoceros skull props up a kettle.
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    A man blasts water at the ground, hoping to uncover tusks.
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    This tusker converted a snowmobile engine into a water pump.
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    Tuskers crashed their boat, waterlogging the equipment.
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    Tuskers use pressurized water to bore 200-foot-long tunnels.
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    A tusker spends some down time in a tent.
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