Mountains

Artwork carved into mountain rocks sheds intimate light on locals’ war and post-war experiences

Carved over several decades, the rock art offers insights both into large-scale developments in Poland in the past and into the lives of local people, including mountain shepherds. Krzysztof Rak

Located in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia, the village of Skawica has been attracting researchers intrigued by drawings and words inscribed in large rocks by locals living through the turbulent times of war and communism.

Speleologists trapped in deluged mountain cave

Rescue teams are striving to establish contact with two speleologists trapped in a flooded corridor of an underground cave in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains.

Group with artificial limbs conquers one of Poland’s highest mountains in gruelling slog to the top

The former patients of an orthopaedic institute had all lost limbs but this did not prevent them from getting to the top.

The tooth will out! Why has huge molar appeared on Poland’s most famous mountain?

When asked why they were taking such a huge tooth up the mountain, the Japanese ‘tourists’ said it was part of a scientific experiment, but didn’t reveal more.

Tragedy strikes as scientists’ bodies found after going for walk in Norwegian mountains and being swept away by avalanche

The polar explorers left their base on Friday to go on a trip in the mountains. Their bodies were found on Sunday after concerned fellow researchers alerted the authorities when the pair failed to return.

Hitting a high: documentary film maker to dig deep into the minds and the lives of those who risk all on Himalayan peaks

Award-winning documentary film maker Eliza Kubarska explains why she is accompanying an expedition to climb a sacred Himalayan mountain.

Mountain man becomes Insta hit with his stunning pics of the Tatras – but not all is as it seems

Mr Tadeusz, who goes under the Instagram name of Gooral Zakolove, has over 15,000 followers with each photo attracting more than 1,000 likes.

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