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Added on the 05/03/2018 15:10:38 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
Skaters glided gracefully across the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest freshwater lake, taking in the breathtaking winter scenery while skating across huge sheets of ice dozens of feet thick. The frozen Siberian lake offers a perfectly clear view of the lake bottom as the frozen ice is as clear as glass in many places. Ice skating from one end to the other takes about 2 weeks! How would you like to skate on this lake of glass?
The final stage of Ice Storm, one of the world's longest endurance competitions over ice took place on Russia's frozen Lake Baikal on Sunday, pitting racers on skates, skis, and bikes against each other as they tried to be the first cover the 127 mile distance over three days of racing. 2018 was the first year ever that an ice skater managed to become the absolute winner after Russian Alexander Ptsarev finished with a time of 10 hours and 28 minutes.
An abandoned two-storey wooden building turned into a magical frost kingdom after water pipes burst and met the heavy Siberian frost in Ekaterinburg on Tuesday. Furniture was covered with a thick layer of frost, the interior was transformed from the icy chill and ice crystals hung from the ceiling creating a frozen spectacle. Thick steam from the leaky pipes had created these fairytale-like scenes, taken as if straight out of the Snow Queen’s palace.
Teams from different countries compete to carve elaborate sculptures at an annual festival in northern China's Harbin city. Sharon Reich reports.
It's a winter wonderland! The lakefront community of Crystal Beach in Canada's Fort Erie is covered in ice, from the homes to the cars, following a winter storm that swept through much of the province of Ontario. IMAGES