Two Czech mountaineers were killed in an avalanche in the Tatras mountain ranges in central Slovakia on Friday.

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If you go into the woods of the High Tatras, be prepared to find one of the largest mammals on the continent.

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Krakow lies at the foot of the Tatras, a continuation of the great Carpathian mountain range that for centuries marked the border of the Habsburg empire.

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