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Tatra mountains closed to tourists due to heavy snow, wind

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The Tatra National Park authorities have barred entry to the whole Polish Tatra Mountains for tourists owing to adverse weather conditions and avalanche danger.

Pole wins snowboarding World Cup

Oskar Kwiatkowski won the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Scuol, Switzerland, on Saturday.

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

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.

Snowboarder Kwiatkowski wins bronze at PGS competition in Switzerland

Poland’s Oskar Kwiatkowski won third place in the parallel giant slalom at the Snowboard World Cup in Swiss Scuol.

As cool as ice! Freestylers flock to one of Europe’s oldest and most exciting freeski events for weekend of stunning stunts

The largest ski station located in Poland’s southernmost Podhale region, the venue has 14 km of ski pistes for daredevil madness.

One down, five to go - it’s not over yet! Hopes running high at the Freestyling Skiing World Championships with Aleksandra Król our No.1

Despite an early loss, Aleksandra is leading the charge at the 10-day-championship in the US. It will also feature one of the most successful comebacks in Polish sport with the return of Karolina Riemen-Żerebecka.

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Monte Cassino veteran and friend of Wojtek the bear dies aged 95

Ludwik Jaszczur, who was originally from the village of Blizne in Podkarpacie, died on Monday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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