“Perhaps the most significant discovery on Lake Baikal is gas hydrate deposits (ice-like solid gas). One cubic meter of gas hydrate gives 164 cubic meters of methane, ”he said.
In addition, he said, there are huge bitumen hills at the bottom of the lake, but if you drill an oil well there, it can lead to an environmental disaster.
“In Baikal, there are about 100 endemic representatives of the fauna (which are found only there). This is a unique lake, what to say, ”said Sagalevich.
He also talked about the difference when immersed in sea and fresh water - in sea, where there is a high density, the devices have better buoyancy, and in fresh water on Baikal, additional buoyancy units had to be installed in order to compensate for the density of water.
Earlier, the head of the “Save Baikal” project Maxim Tokarev in an interview with the NSN spoke about the volunteers coming to the lake.