With some trepidation, Oleg Boldyrev walked, and even rode, across the multi-coloured ice. Oleg Boldyrev The giant lake creates its own climate - and winter around Baikal normally starts later ...

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Bondarenko, N., O. Timoshkin, P. Röpstorf, and N. Melnik. 2006. The under-ice and bottom periods in the life cycle of Aulacoseira baicalensis (K. Meyer) Simonsen, a principal Lake Baikal alga.

His next target is the Lake Baikal Ice Marathon, a full distance marathon across the biggest frozen freshwater lake in the world. Weather conditions are similar to Omsk but athletes there must ...

While the term ‘blood-red lake’ might conjure up chilling images, the truth of Lake Baikal’s deep blue waters is equally ...

It is often referred to as “Lake Baikal’s younger sister” because ... so unless you’re seeking out snow, ice, and bitter cold, June, August, and September are the best time to visit.

You say that Lake Baikal in Eastern Russia is one of the spookiest lakes out there. Why? “It's the oldest and deepest lake in the world: 25 million years old and over 5,000 feet deep ...

Before considerable scientific research by Western Nevada College Professor of Geosciences Dr. Winnie Kortemeier, it was ...

The oldest lakes in the world — Lake Baikal, Siberia (5-10.3 million years old) and Lake Tanganyika, East Africa (8-10 million years old) — were also created by extensional fault-block basins ...