This is the Putorana Plateau. Though its topography is reminiscent ... That is why Vasily Sarana and the Russian Geographic Society keep coming back: Putorana is one of the few remaining places ...

And at this rocky, gale-scoured desert's heart, in the reaches of northern China, is the Alashan Plateau, a place so remote and sparsely inhabited it has scarcely figured in China's long history.