Cameron spends 56th B-day in Russian lake

SIBERIA, Russia, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Filmmaker James Cameron spent his 56th birthday at the bottom of Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake, officials said.

Cameron's movies include "Avatar," "Titanic" and "The Terminator."

RIA Novosti said he arrived with little fanfare Sunday for his trip to the bottom of the lake, which is estimated to be 5,511.81 feet at its deepest point. The trip is said to cost about $65,000 per person.

"James Cameron dove to the bottom of Lake Baikal in the south near Cape Tolsty on the Mir-1 piloted by Anatoly Sagalevich," the press spokesman for the foundation for preservation of Lake Baikal told the Russian news agency.