Russian subs explore world's deepest lake

[slowhand]

LAKE BAIKAL, Russia (AFP) - Two Russian mini-submarines on Tuesday dove to the bottom of the world's deepest lake to draw attention to its fragile environment but failed in a record-setting attempt, organisers said.


Six crew members descended over 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) to the floor of Lake Baikal in Siberia in a bid to find new life-forms and encourage Russian authorities to take greater care of its pristine waters.

But after an initial claim to have made the deepest freshwater dive in history, expedition members admitted they had miscalculated.

"There was no record.... We'll try again," expedition leader Artur Chilingarov, a Russian parliamentarian and a celebrated Arctic explorer, said after the dive.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080729/ts_afp/russiasciencetechnology

 

[calpoon]

yeah so, they find anything cool down there?

 

[BlueBalls]

Those Russian bastards!!!

 

[Ravenholm]

yeah so, they find anything cool down there?

Jimmy Hoffa :eek:

 

[Violator79]

While they're down there, I hope they find the cure of a disease or two, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[stainedblueyes]

Why scrabble around at the bottom of lakes when there's so much of the worlds oceans to be discovered

Forgive my enthusiasm, I've just got fantasies of people breathing liquid oxygen and diving to the bottom of the Laurentian Abyss

 

[D-rock]

It almost makes you wonder how a lake can be that deep.

 

[maildude]

Perhaps your memory would improve at the Russian front!--General Burkhalter