Trekking across frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia

Sunlight streaks across frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Olkhon Island is on the left. .Baikal, the world's largest lake by volume, contains one-fifth of the earth's fresh water and plunges to a depth of 1,637 metres..The lake is frozen from November to April, allowing people to cross by cars and lorries.

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Sunlight streaks across frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Olkhon Island is on the left. .Baikal, the world's largest lake by volume, contains one-fifth of the earth's fresh water and plunges to a depth of 1,637 metres..The lake is frozen from November to April, allowing people to cross by cars and lorries.