"Absoliutno blagopoluchnoe Lake Baikal!", says the Russian scientist on the great Lake. "The Baikal Lake is perfect!" And humans can never harm it.For a man cut loose of his life to the United States, the sacred of the Siberian Lake Baikal sea inland - becomes a place of pilgrimage, the focal point of a journey of 25 miles by land and sea for connection, of permanence, of restoration and hope. After a difficult divorce, veteran journalist Peter Thomson environment sets off the coast of Boston with his brother for one of the most remarkable creations of nature, in one of the corners of the remote planet. Lake Baikal, a giant crack in the Siberian plateau, is the largest freshwater world body, his deepest and oldest Lake and a cauldron of evolution, is home to hundreds of unique creatures, including the seal only of fresh water of the world. It is also one of the most pristine lakes on Earth, with a capacity mythical to protect against the growing human impact-a "perfect", assimilative ecosystems. A trip to halfway around the world by train, ship's cargo and rubber raft brings the brothers at a place of sublime beauty, the story deep and immense natural power. But at the Baikal, they are also worrying signs that the play perfect of nature can still succumb to the even more powerful forces of human pride, carelessness and ignorance. They find that, despite its isolation, Baikal is linked to everything else on Earth and that it will take the love and devotion of the people aroun read more...
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