Russia’s Lake Baikal covers an area of 12,248 square miles - slightly larger than Belgium - making it the seventh-largest lake by surface area and the second-largest in Eurasia after the Caspian ...

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 ...

Part two of a two-part documentary about Lake Baikal, the oldest (25 million years) and deepest (1,700 m) lake in the world. The film aims to raise awareness of the fragility of its ecosystem.

The waters of Russia’s Lake Baikal are contaminated with high levels of microscopic plastic particles and fibres that most likely come from packaging and fishing nets. Research published in ...