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Abiotic Oil and Origins of Life on Earth?
Machines Like Us | August 27th 2008 by Norm Nason
According to the article "Scientists find more oil fissures in Lake Baikal's bedrock" ...several Russian scientists going back as far as Dmitry Mendeleyev have suggested an 'abiogenic hypothesis,' according to which petroleum was formed from carbon read more
Oil eating bacteria discovered in Lake Baikal
Russiatrek | August 12th 2008 by Garry King
A newly discovered bacteria living in Russia’s lake Baikal could end the risk of environmental damage from oil spills. During submersions to Baikal Russian scientists discovered very interesting microorganisms. They were found in samples and tu read more
Lake Baikal
Uhai | August 11th 2008 by Omar
For the Russian people Lake Baikal is a natural treasure. Located in Siberia near the Mongolian border, and surrounded by mountains, forests and wild rivers, Baikal is an immense and breathtaking area of physical beauty. Baikal holds twenty percent o read more
MightyMissy's Mighty Adventure
Baikal Club International | August 4th 2008 by Dimitriy
Here is a comment about the Lake.Wednesday morning, we headed to Lake Baikal. It is HUGE and Beautiful!!! It reminds me of Lake Tahoe in CA but at a much larger scale and less people. The lake was too big for us to drive around in the time we had and read more
Irkutsk July 25-28th 2008
Bryan Crosby | August 3rd 2008
An example of poor weather karma is excellent conditions while traveling on the rails but consistently wet conditions while on stopovers. Such is the case in Irkutsk, 70km from the shores of Baikal. I caught an early morning glimpse of the lake a read more
Three Go Sideways
Baikal Club International | August 3rd 2008 by Dimitriy
News from three persons travelling on a car everywhere...Interesting article on clrossing Mongolian-Russian border and reaching lake Baikal.Waking up to the sound of waves crashing on the beach was really nice, and we had a great morning doing nothin read more
Such a Shame
Baikal Club International | August 3rd 2008 by Dimitriy
Here what we may read about Baikal.We found the 'beach' (so strange as the Russians come here for a beach holiday, with sand and everything, but its a Lake... very strange) There are absolutley stunning views here, but it seems the Russians do not kn read more
An entry from World Nomads mentioning lake Baikal
Baikal Club International | August 2nd 2008 by Dimitriy
The undoubted highlight of my trip to Irkutsk, however, was my visit to lake Baikal. It is absolutely vast and extraordinarily beautiful. I got the bus to Listvyanka and spent the day walking in the little valleys of hamlets and along the shoreside, read more
Where is Jess...?
Baikal Club International | August 2nd 2008 by Dimitriy
And interesting blog by Jess who has travelled all over the world... Here is a quote...The village where we stayed was called Listvyanka, a small little town right on the shores of the massive Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is the biggest and deepest fresh read more
Siberia 2010 - Volunteers Wanted
Leadership, Team & Success Tips from the Ice Man™ | July 30th 2008 by Sean Chapple
I am now looking to attract volunteers to join me on a ski traverse of Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia. The lake, some 700 kilometres in length, freezes over for a few months of the year and is it during this freeze that I plan to ski its length hau read more
Lake Baikal
Memoirs on a Rainy Day | July 30th 2008 by range
Lake Baikal is located in Siberia. It is the world’s deepest lake, at an astounding 5371ft. It contains 20% of the world’s fresh water reserves. It has more water in it than all of the Great Lakes combined! (via cf, images via wiki com) read more
Russians in search of a record in the bottom of Lake Baikal
Money talks, Make Money, Make Money Online WordPress | July 30th 2008 by luis silvestre
More hundred meters and Russian researchers hit a new record. But this was not that the team led by Artur Chilingarov played at the most fundamental of Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia. The depth of 1680 meters, the mark would give the team a record of read more
Bottomfeeding for Publicity at Lake Baikal
Globe Stars | July 30th 2008 by Maureen
Lake Baikal not only contains 20% of the worlds fresh water, but being the deepest lake required two submersibles or mini-submarines to explore the bottom. This is a rare example that will not happen elsewhere on the planet. Certain Russi read more
Russian robot subs reach Lake Baikal’s floor
Russiatrek | July 29th 2008 by Garry King
This clip provides a glimpse of the expedition that reached the bottom of Lake Baikal today. This is the first time the floor of the wold’s deepest freshwater lake has been explored. News channel Vesti-24 said the submersibles, Mir-1 and Mir- read more
Russians in landmark Baikal dive
Name a Star | July 29th 2008 by dee dmonte
Russian scientists reach the bottom of the world’s deepest body of fresh water - Lake Baikal in Siberia. View original post here: Russians in landmark Baikal dive read more
Russian explorers reach bed of world's deepest lake in Siberia
Science News, Anthropology, Species, Physics - Science Cornw… | July 29th 2008 by mellowmuppet
IRKUTSK, July 29 (RIA Novosti) - A team of Russian scientists descended to the bottom of Siberia's Lake Baikal in two mini-submarines on Tuesday, setting a new world record for a freshwater dive. (Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Lake Baikal)... read more
Baikal sets a record!...or not
Baikal Club International | July 29th 2008 by Dimitriy
A Russian submarine set the record for world's deepest lake dive in Baikal.For more info:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080729/ts_afp/russiasciencetechnologyUPDATE:Recent news reports that the dive did not, in fact set a new record and that the submar read more
Russia claims world-record dive
Name a Star | July 29th 2008 by dee dmonte
Russian scientists claim to have reached the bottom of the world’s deepest body of fresh water - Lake Baikal in Siberia. Russia claims world-record dive read more
Down the Lake
QuantumLimit | July 25th 2008
Ralph Buttigieg Sydney, NSW Australia The man behind the underwater flag planting exercise Dennis wrote about yesterday was Artur Chilingarov, a Russian politician and explorer. Having claimed the Undersea North Pole he is now exploring another read more
Ancient Lake
hr: traveller | July 16th 2008 by HP Jeschke
Photo Credit: Oscar Papaorhum Four of the five finalists are from South America, and the one who wasn’t was from Russia. So I decided that to round off the Miss Universe series for today’s posts is the beautiful chilly region of Siberia i read more
My friend Gumby
Holy Smokes!!!!!!!! | July 2nd 2008 by mike
My friend Gumby wrote an excellent post about the 100th Anniversary of the Tunguska BlastYou can read about it here.He is a scientific guy. You can believe his explanation or you can listen to me.It was the crash of a very large UFO.Russian Scientist read more
Post 85: Ulan Ude
Poor Circulation (Motorcycle Journey RTW) | July 2nd 2008 by Blue 88
(‘Post 80’: During a frantic ‘cut & paste’ session I failed to upload Post 80 which explains our journey from Irkutsk to Lake Baikal and places certain subsequent events into context. I’ve added ‘Post 80’ correctly today )We’ve sk read more
Post 83: Lake Baikal to Bolshoi Banet
Poor Circulation (Motorcycle Journey RTW) | June 30th 2008 by Blue 88
Returning to Irkutsk after the beauty of Baikal was hard for the system to absorb; traffic, smog, grime, chaos, …… but fortunately we made it in one piece. Rik would be with us for another two days and as a member of ‘CouchSurfers.Com’ had ar read more
Post 82: Lake Baikal
Poor Circulation (Motorcycle Journey RTW) | June 30th 2008 by Blue 88
We were all silent as we took down our makeshift camp and loaded the bikes to leave the Island of Ol’Chon. It is by far the most beautiful place that Poor Circulation has visited so far. If we ever experiences other places that can compare to this, read more
Post 81: Towards Baikal
Poor Circulation (Motorcycle Journey RTW) | June 30th 2008 by Blue 88
We spent two nights camped above the beach overlooking the lake. I cooked ‘Ponnini’ that we’d bought from the local market, we ate local smoked fish, smoked sausage and we drank beer and vodka cooled to perfection in the freezing waters of the read more
This Day in Geek History: June 30
The Great Geek Manual | June 30th 2008
1879 The first electric company in the US to produce and sell electricity California Electric Light Company is established in San Francisco, California. 1905 Albert Einstein publishes the article “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies“, read more
Svet Sunday: Seven Wonders of Russia!
Windows to Russia by Kyle Keeton | June 29th 2008 by Kyle Keeton
Hello,Today I'll tell you about one of our interesting projects!Recently Russia has summed up the results of the national contest devoted to most beautiful places in the country. Seven Wonders of Russia were announced on June 12, during the celebrati read more
Russia's Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing | June 25th 2008 by trirat
Fly Fishing Articles : Russia's Fly Fishing by AnuA few years back, I spent a year living in Siberia and had a chance to head out to a town called Tinda. Much to my surprise, a couple of the locals had fly fishing on the menu.The Siberian SurpriseMen read more
Post 78: Irkutsk
Poor Circulation (Motorcycle Journey RTW) | June 25th 2008 by Blue 88
It was almost eight in the evening when we enter the city of Irkutsk and just beginning to rain. The black clouds and lightening had been following us for the last few hundred miles and our fortune with good weather had finally come to an end. We’d read more
Global Warming Again, RUSIA!
Techno and Earth | June 19th 2008 by Mahaldy
Global warming harbinger. Earlier spring arrival. Lake Baikal, Russia Winter freezing is about 11 days later and spring ice breakup is about 5 days earlier compared to a century ago. Some regions of Siberia have warmed by as much as 2.5�F (more t read more