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(Date Posted:25/08/2008 11:03:50)

Now, that I finally have a block of time for some research, I thought it would be a good idea to explore some of the cities in which the Ice Age Tour performed. I'm tackling this in no particular order but it should be noted that quite a few of the cities have no online information in English about them, and my abilitiy to translate Cyrillic is absymal, LOL. So.....

Starting off with Irkutsk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irkutsk

In the information at the above site it was mentioned that the nearby the city a taiga. I kinda know what that is but I did a bit more research and found this:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-taiga.html

The photos are spectactular, to say the least. Here's an example of the type of forests in that region:
http://www.forest.ru/eng/publications/north/02.htm

While searching for suitable photos to accompany the material about Irkutsk, I found this photo site:

http://telefocus.indexstock.com/content/topsearches/Siberia_photos.asp
There are wonderful pics, here, and several from the Irkutsk region.

Nearby is Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world; it holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water.
http://www.wild-russia.org/bioregion10/10-baikalo.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal

That's all for now but stay tuned.

Mary C.
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