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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Russian subs to explore Lake Baikal

Two Russian submersibles will make their first dive at Russia's Lake Baikal as part of scientific research for the Russian Academy of Sciences, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

The Mir-1 and Mir-2 deep-sea vehicles will perform 60 dives as part of unique research into the world's largest and deepest freshwater lake. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is 1,637 meters (5,371 ft) at its deepest point and contains around 20% of the world's fresh water.

"The first dive is scheduled for July 23," Anatoly Sagalevich said, adding that, "the expedition will be based at Baikal until mid-September," with the next phase in the research scheduled for next year.

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