Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia t
Satellite photo of Baikal, 2001
Lake Baikal's water is especially clear
Spring ice melt underway on Lake Baikal, on 4 May, 2012
Ice cover survey on the lake
The Baikal seal, also known as Lake Baikal seal or nerpa, is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest earless/true seals, and one of
Group of Baikal seals hauling out on a rock around Ushkan Islands, Barguzinsky district
Taxidermied pup in model of den