It would be very cool to see what they come up with in the way of archeological artifacts.
My thought as well. Very deep and cold water should be an excellent preservative. From the photos posted to Google Earth, it has an eerie, wild beauty.
That was a curious detail in the article. I’m not too sure (for one thing) that the lake is 25 million years old, but regardless, how far down will they be looking? Also, if the intent is to look on the bottom for ancient artifacts washed in when the big glacial dams let go and cubic miles of meltwater tore lose everything in their path and dumped it into the overflowing Baikal, wouldn’t it make more sense to look upstream? ;’)