However, there's more to Lake Baikal than just its size. It is the deepest lake on Earth, formed by a continental rift estimated to be 25 to 30 million years old, reaching a maximum depth of 1,642m.

Lake Baikal, in southern Siberia, ... During the summer, when Lake Baikal is full of melted ice from the Siberian mountains, it is sometimes possible to see more than 130 feet ...

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia — Along the ... Olkhon Island has become the go-to spot for visitors to Baikal. In the summer, it is accessible by ferry. In the winter, scores of wagons, called bukhankas, ...

Lake Baikal features 27 islands, ... Tourism development is a minor itch in comparison, though it may produce eyesores like the hotels and vacation communities of Listvyanka, ...

Baikal is full of mystery but Jayaditya Gupta is most surprised to find more foreign tourists come in winter (temperatures around -25) than summer.

Yegor Lesnoi is cleaning up the bottom of Lake Baikal for the third year in a row, and does so in his spare time and absolutely for free. He makes money by making advertisements and documentaries.

Lake Baikal features 27 islands, including one 45 miles in length called Olkhon, while in and around Baikal live more than 1,500 animal species, about 80 percent of which live nowhere else on the ...