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"This Siberian deep-water basin—holding an estimated 20% of the world’s fresh water and plunging about 1,642 m—becomes a winter spectacle when methane bubbles freeze into the ice, creating a polka-dot pattern of suspended, translucent spheres that can be walked across when conditions permit." - Imogen Rowland
Deepest, oldest lake; hiking, wildlife, winter sports
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