Desolate wilderness surrounds the giant Lake Baikal, the deepest, oldest and most voluminous lake on earth. Photo courtesy of Flickr user mrullmi No lake is more lake than Lake Baikal. Set deep within ...

IRKUTSK, April 3. /TASS/. The crew of a strategic bomber guided the aircraft away from houses in the Usolsky District in the Irkutsk Region minutes before it crashed, Governor Igor Kobzev told TASS.

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — The Lake Baikal ice was the real star even among a gathering of some of Russia’s hockey greats. The ice in the Siberian UNESCO World Heritage site is famously clear, with cracks ...

Etched on the surface of Earth are marks of our planet's remarkable history. One such notable imprint is Lake Baikal in Siberia. Persisting for as many as 30 million years, it is the oldest freshwater ...

A group of Russians completed an icy swim across Lake Baikal in Siberia on Wednesday in an effort to draw attention to ecological threats facing the world's largest freshwater lake. The four men and ...

Lake Baikal is so big it makes its own horizon, one not always visible in winter when the snow and clouds can blend with the lake’s ice, eliminating all perspective from the landscape. But what hope ...

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Situated in south-east Siberia, the 3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. It contains 20% of the world's total unfrozen freshwater ...

This ancient Siberian lake is surrounded by sharp mountains, amazing wildlife and rich culture. Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, is rich in beautiful surprises. The ancient lake is a deep blue of the ...

A neutrino-spotting telescope beneath the frozen Lake Baikal in Russia is close to delivering scientific results after four decades of setbacks. Scientists register a light-detecting sphere, one of 36 ...