will be our home for the future lake expedition). We traveled to
Listvyanka to pick up a pair of dry-suit divers and then continued to
a more southern region of the lake, where the divers gathered samples
of benthic organisms in the lake. Many exciting and endemic species
were identified including Sponges, Gammarids, and Planaria.
After our dive expedition, we returned to Listvyanka to visit the
limnological museum. It was a great opportunity to see some of the
lake's harder to find animals, like the gammarids that prefer depths
over 200 meters and the crowd-pleasing nerpa (Phoca sibirica -- the
Baikal seal).
After our tour we had the chance to explore the downtown strip of
Listvyanka, where the group tried our first smoked omul (an endemic
species of whitefish), roasted pinecones, and golomyanka (a bizarre
endemic sculpin). Tonight we finish the day with a celebration of our
translator Kolya's birthday as thunder rumbles overhead.
Selina and Sarah
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