Swimmer Ernst Bromeis from Switzerland begins swimming on Lake Baikal on Thursday, July 11, TASS reports. He is going to swim along the eastern Baikal shore. According to an extremal athlete, he chose ...

Nine experienced swimmers from Russia, the United States, European and African countries will take part in Baikal Great Swim. The first international transbaikal ecological swim is organized to ...

In a show of support for Russia’s Olympic swimming team, which has been banned from the upcoming Games in South Korea, amateur swimmers from the Siberian city of Irkutsk jumped into Lake Baikal.

Russian winter swimmers, also known as "walruses", took to the freezing waters of Lake Baikal to mark national Walrus Day. The athletes plunged into the 4-Celsius-degree (39 Fahrenheit) water of the ...

This ancient Siberian lake is surrounded by sharp mountains, amazing wildlife and rich culture. Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, is rich in beautiful surprises. The ancient lake is a deep blue of the ...

Some places on Earth hold stories older than humanity itself. One such place is Lake Baikal in Siberia. This enormous lake has existed for 25 million years, making it the oldest freshwater lake on the ...