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In the icy depths of Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest freshwater lake, a robotic expedition has uncovered stunning geological secrets that were previously hidden beneath the surface. Known ...

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Russian explorers plunged to the bed of the world's deepest lake on Tuesday in a show of Moscow's resurgent scientific ambitions, but had to withdraw a claim to have set a new record. The mission to ...

Estimated to be 25 to 30 million years old, the ancient rift lake exudes a spiritual beauty that attracts visitors from ...

It was stressed that the Siberian scientists have maintained their international ties under the new circumstances and were planning to expand cooperation with the friendly nations, such as China, ...

The little sister of Russia’s better-known Lake Baikal, Mongolia’s extraordinary Lake Khovsgol has all of the beauty and none of the crowds (at least for now). At depths close to 900 ft., this ...

Tourists taking photos on the clean ice of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.Credit... Supported by By Anton Troianovski Photographs by Sergey Ponomarev Usually it’s foreigners who cavort at the world’s ...

1998: World Heritage Centre monitoring mission; 2001: Joint UNESCO/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission; 2005: Joint World Heritage Centre/IUCN Reactive Monitoring mission; 2011: Joint UNESCO/IUCN Mission ...