Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world (by volume) and the world's deepest lake. Somewhat crescent shaped, it is in the southern Siberia area of Russia. In 1996 it was declared a ...

Tourists taking photos on the clean ice of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.Credit... Supported by By Anton Troianovski Photographs by Sergey Ponomarev Usually it’s foreigners who cavort at the ...

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — Along the shores of a lake considered deeper and older than any other, there is a place some locals regard as sacred. It is here, in Lake Baikal’s Olkhon Island ...

Lake Baikal, Russia’s ‘Sacred Sea,’ has been a lifeline for inhabitants of southern Siberia for thousands of years, thanks to its pristine water and rich fauna. The gigantic ancient lake ...

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 ...

IRKUTSK, Russia -- Environmentalists in Russia's Far East have been celebrating a small victory in a long war to protect one of the world's great natural treasures, Lake Baikal. On September 27 ...

Now, though the lake’s future looks safe, lawsuits and court hearings occupy Rikhvanova’s days. Baikal Wave, one of Russia’s first environmental NGOs, is now being targeted by authorities ...

Witness the fascinating geography of Lake Baikal, the deepest and one of the oldest freshwater lakes on Earth, located in Siberia, Russia. This video covers its unique formation, incredible depth ...

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Tucked away in the remote hills of south-east Siberia where Russia borders China and Mongolia, Baikal, the world's deepest and oldest lake, is revered in Russia as a national treasure. Formed 25 ...