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 ...

Russia’s Lake Baikal covers an area of 12,248 square miles ... resulting in a shorter period when the lake is covered by ice.

RCMP were notified of the incident on the Fishing Lake winter ice road shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, police said in a news release on Monday. When officers arrived, they learned that the two ...

In summer, tourists enjoy hiking, boating, and wildlife watching, while winter offers ice skating, dog sledging and driving on the frozen lake. The Circum-Baikal Railway, Olkhon Island ...

VLADIVOSTOK, October 14. /TASS/. The shrinking of Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest freshwater reserve in the world, is connected with climate changes in the Asian region, characterized by less ...