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Robert Hahn (center) chats with Vietnamese workers, while drinking a Vietnamese beer, on a mechanical gold dredge floating on the Nam Ou River, Laos. Six men live on the vessel for months, rotating throughout the day and working in pairs to keep the machine in constant operation.

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Robert Hahn (center) chats with Vietnamese workers, while drinking a Vietnamese beer, on a mechanical gold dredge floating on the Nam Ou River, Laos. Six men live on the vessel for months, rotating throughout the day and working in pairs to keep the machine in constant operation.