The spectre of wolves haunts the photographer as he walks at night along the steppe to capture the shore of Russia's Lake Baikal.

Crowned the "Jewel of Siberia", Baikal is the world's deepest lake, and the biggest lake by volume, holding 20% of the world's fresh water. In the winter, the lake 31,722 square meter surface is entirely frozen with ice averaging 2 meters thick.

Inside an ice cave in the heart of Russia's Lake Baikal.

The icicles are formed as the waves bash against the cave, and curved by the strong winds. .

An orthdox Christian pilgram group walks 50km at -28°c along the shore of Russia's Lake Baikal.

Buryati ice fishermen catching fish using horses on the ice at Russia's Lake Baikal.

Buryati ice fishermen try to catch fish on the ice for food at Russia's Lake Baikal.

After decades of overfishing by the fishing industry, Baikal is running out of fish, and locals are bearing the consequence.

New Year celebration by Buryati villagers along the shore at Russia's Lake Baikal. They live on the eastern shore and are descendants of Asiatic tribes, with Buddhist cultural influence.

A woman smokes outside a restaurant during New Year celebration along the shore at Russia's Lake Baikal.

A 78-year-old Grandma skates along Russia's Lake Baikal. She got her skates as a child and has kept them till now. She uses them to get to places during winter.

Women enjoy a natural hotspring during winter along the northern shore at Russia's Lake Baikal.