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Expedition

Call of the wild: Adventurers team up to brave subzero temperatures and 100km winds as they ski across Greenland in just ONE month!

The explorers will face difficult weather conditions including temperatures of below minus 25 degrees Celsius and winds exceeding 100 km/h. Łukasz Supergan/Facebook

Experienced explorers Mateusz Waligóra and Łukasz Supergan will be walking the 600km distance from the west to the east of the world’s largest island on skis, with a plan to complete the arduous journey in just one month.

Couple wow internet with spectacular views of Iceland during epic 3,000km trek

During their monumental walk around Iceland, Anna Liszewska and her partner got through 712 chocolate bars, 57 tins of tuna, 3.2kg of peanut butter and 2.8kg of Nutella while walking an average of almost 11 hours and 34km a day.

Adventurers set off for Nepal in memory of first Polish expedition to Himalayas 50 years ago

Using the same model of Jelcz truck as the original expedition, the four-man team said they wanted to remind the world about the golden age of Polish Himalayan mountaineering as well as deliver aid to earthquake victims.

Girl who lost her leg to cancer climbs one of Poland’s highest peaks to raise money for charity

It took Ewa Harapin and her friend days to reach the 2,172-metre peak of Szpiglasowy Wierch in the Tatra Mountains.

Record breaker: Solo adventurer becomes first man in history to cross Gobi desert on foot

Walking an average of 30km a day, Mateusz Waligóra took 58 days to cover the 1,850km trek in blistering 40 degrees temperatures which plummeted to an agonising -30 at night.

4Wheelchair drive across Americas

Maciej Kamiński and Michał Woroch are back on the road, to complete their epic journey across the Americas.

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Art & Culture | History

Stunning photos of Gdańsk reveal fascinating glimpse into long-forgotten world

Titled ‘Images of Gdańsk on Glass Plate Negatives from the Collections of Stadtmuseum Danzig’, the hefty bi-lingual tome presents nearly 200 images taken from the National Museum of Gdańsk’s collection of almost 2,700 glass plates.

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Exclusive

Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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