Beyond its sweeping vistas and remarkable biodiversity, Lake Baikal has been cloaked in a captivating mystery for centuries: a popular legend claims it was created by a meteor. While mainstream ...

the world’s largest freshwater lake held a mystery that left scientists scratching their heads. Lake Baikal, located in Russia’s frigid Siberia, freezes over every winter. But the ice sheet ...

As well as being the world's oldest, Lake Baikal, which stretches 31,700 square kilometres, is also the deepest lake in the world, with a water depth of around 1.6 kilometres. However, according ...

Irkutsk is also the door to spectacular Lake Baikal. Sofia Buntovskaya has nothing but praise for the lake and its pure and perfectly clear water. Her love for this natural Siberian jewel made the ...

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 ...