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A couple of years old, but interesting:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article...mily-secluded-from-civilization-40-years

In 1978, four geologists were surveying for potential iron ore from a helicopter hovering above the mineral-rich, but ultimately uninhabitable, taiga forest of southern Siberia when the pilot spotted something out of the ordinary down below: a garden, unmistakably manmade. It was 150 miles away from the nearest glimpse of humanity and thousands of feet up a mountainside, where survival wasn’t just questionable—it was considered impossible.

But the garden was there, which meant that people must be there, too. The geologists decided to land nearby and trek to the spot. They prepared themselves with offerings of food for what they hoped would be a peaceful meeting. At least one brought a handgun in case of the alternative.

Saw this a few years ago. Interesting family now long gone but one...

I remember reading that as well. The younger man was apparently quite the hunter though he had no real weapons. He would run animals down and kill them.