The Russian writer Valentin Rasputin today took part in the descent made by the Mir mini-submarines to the Baikal lakebed.
According to the Foundation for Lake Baikal Conservation’s press service, Rasputin submerged accompanied by the Russian Academy of Sciences’s Oceanology Institute Anatoly Sagalevich and Baikal Natural Resources Management Institute Director Arnold Tukholonov.
After completing the descent, the writer shared his impressions: “I thought I knew Baikal well. It turned out not to be so, especially in regards to its sub water life. There is amazing life there at the depth, that has not yet been fully studied or defined but most abundant. There is order there, special beauty, calm, friendliness and, most importantly, total absence of aggression. Yes, primitive organisms live there but in some respect they are higher than us!” quotes the author Gazeta.ru.
