The city of Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia is famous for its historic homes, adorned with lace-like wood trim. Some traditional homes in Irkutsk are wonderfully preserved. Lake Baikal is listed as a ...

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 ...

Lake Baikal, the world's deepest, offers astounding views along its shoreline - and winter tours of its frozen expanse have become increasingly popular. With some trepidation, Oleg Boldyrev walked ...

We focus this week on another great body of water – this one in Russia, where Siberian authorities have suspended construction of a controversial bottling plant on Lake Baikal ... Blue that he does ...

Like the Pacific Ocean islands that have become synonymous with the work of Charles Darwin, Unesco recognises the lake for its exceptional value in the study of evolution. Baikal seals ...

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 ...