Welcome to Lake Baïkal,

we are a team of professional researchers having a passion for deep (several kilometers) underwater observations. Our usual equipments are thermometers, current velocity meters, mineralisation detectors etc. This time we have an ambitious goal - to make an underwater movie in Lake Baïkal inspired by amazing film of Jacques Yves Cousteau made in 1998.

The lake is very deep: maximum depth is 1620 m! And the most astonisihing observation is that the life is everywhere!

The Cousteau's team was not capable to make deep water videos - they were not equipped with a camera for deep explorations. In 2016 russian underwater bathyscaphes 'MIR' made deep explorations but in a few places only and, the most important, 'MIR's are not equipped with a deep water cameras either.

Meanwhile the Lake holds many mysteries and secrets.

In 2006 strange rings in the ice cover were observed by satellites.

The exact reason of their appearance is unknown!

The answer is on the lake’s floor but high depth of the lake do not permit making the visual observation. As a team member of field campaigns I have been in that region on board of a scientific vessel. We detected in that area underwater geysers and volcanos which wanted to film. We need funds for creation of autonomous high depth underwater camera. It will work from desk of our research vessel connected to it by a steel rope in autonomous regime capable to make a panoramic video of the Lake’s floor on maximum possible depths. The existing technical solutions we cannot apply since we need a special robot capable to film underwater life. In case of such a robot creation we will definitely get astonishing underwater videos!

Deepwater mysteries of Lake Baïkal

Deepwater mysteries of Lake Baïkal