Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, known as the "Galapagos of Russia." However, the unusual body ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is frozen for up to five months a year and its ice is so thick cars often drive ...

Golf just got a whole lot cooler. Around 50 golfers gathered on Lake Baikal to compete in the annual Baikal Ice Golf tournament. The Siberian lake is the deepest freshwater lake in the world, but ...

A Lake Older Than Mountains Lakes, like mountains, can last millions of years. However, most lakes are short-lived in geological time. Only 20 ancient lakes exist today, but Lake Baikal is the oldest.

Imagine a vast lake that could easily engulf the combined water of all the Great Lakes in North America and then some. That's ...

"It’s been a warm winter in Baikal, as observed from space," Roscosmos said in comments to its posted pictures MOSCOW, January 15. /TASS/. Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake located in Russia ...

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 ...

It takes four days to reach Irkutsk Station, more than 5,000 kilometres away from Moscow. With its traditional homes, decorated with delicate lace-like wood trim, the capital of East Siberia is ...

Located in southern eastern Siberia, Russia, Lake Baikal holds the title of world's deepest lake, with a maximum depth of 5,315 feet. It's also one of the Earth's oldest freshwater lakes, boasting ...