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Feb
Tragedy at the Pearl of Siberia as Seven Chinese Tourists and Local Driver Perish as Minibus Plunges Through Thinning Ice into the Depths of Lake Baikal Near Olkhon Island
Tragedy at the Pearl of Siberia as Seven Chinese Tourists and Local Driver Perish as Minibus Plunges Through Thinning Ice into the Depths of Lake Baikal Near Olkhon Island The crystalline beauty of the world’s deepest lake, a destination that has captivated the hearts of thousands of travelers seeking the “Blue Eye of Siberia,” became the setting of an unimaginable tragedy this Friday. For a group of friends and family members from China, what was supposed to be a breathtaking expedition across the sapphire-tinted ice of Lake Baikal ended in a...