16/08/2010 12:36
Avatar Director James Cameron diving Baikal
American film-maker, Avatar Director James Cameron has started diving into Russia’s Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake, told Interfax a spokeswoman to the Foundation for the Preservation of Lake Baikal, Inna Krylova.
She said that the diving is taking place in the south of Baikal, near Cape of Tolsty. The submersible machine Mir-1 is being piloted by Anataly Sagalevich. Up to the moment, they are under the water for more than an hour, diving 1,368 meters below the surface.
“The diving’s goal is to explore Baikal’s coastline,” Inna Krylova told Interfax.