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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It all started with an offhand remark during lunch."I’m going to Baikal," a senior colleague said, almost casually.That one ...

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 ...

In January, the Chinese company AquaSib started to build a water-bottling plant on Russia’s Lake Baikal ... he does not think the number of contaminated groundwater sites has decreased substantially.

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 ...