Lake Baikal

Expedition under the ice of Lake Baikal

Just near Irkoutsk, the town made famous by the exploits of Jules Verne and the expeditions of Michel Strogoff, we find Lake Baikal, "The Glorious Sea", of Oriental Siberia, a region with a hostile climate where people have needed to seriously adapt to survive. This is a magnificent natural site being the second largest freshwater reservoir on the planet after the Antarctic, with 23 million m3, which is 636km long, 79km wide and with a depth of 1,637 meters. Supplied by some 300 water entries, the waters of Baikal can only be described as amazing. From January to May the lake is covered by a layer of ice several meters thick forming some very strange natural sculptures.

A true expedition to the extremes of Siberia, this voyage is a unique experience for fans of ice diving.